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Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (EU-US FTA), sometimes also called Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA)

Move on data protection or fail on TTIP, EU Parliament chair says
3-Feb-2014 IP Watch
On 31 January, there was a stern warning from Elmar Brok, chair of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee, that the United States must move quicker on joint data protection standards to avoid failure of the bilateral talks between the EU and the US.
Prevent free trade agreements TTIP/TAFTA - please sign!
3-Feb-2014 Care2
Please sign on to this German petition against TTIP/TAFTA before 24 Feb 2013
Fast track trade in the US hits difficulties
1-Feb-2014 Reuters Analysis: White House hopes for fast-track trade hit political tangle
President Obama’s hopes that the Fast Track mechanism would go through congress have met opposition from leading Congress Democrat, Harry Reid.
European Commission announces composition of TTIP expert group
1-Feb-2014 http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-79_en.htm
Last Monday the Commission launched a special Advisory Group of experts representing a broad range of interests, from environmental, health, consumer and workers’ interests to different business sectors to provide EU trade negotiators with high quality advice in the areas being negotiated in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks.
Interview: Dutch expert says TTIP might be game changer for geopolitics
31-Jan-2014 Xinhua
Peter van Ham, senior research fellow at the Dutch Clingendael Institute, thinks that TTIP could have an overwhelming standard-setting power for other countries.
Environmental scientists join anti-TTIP tirade
31-Jan-2014 Chemical Watch
The Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership could spell an increase in lawsuits against governments which would not only discourage enforcement of existing environmental regulations, but also diminish the role of environmental scientists, predicts an academic opinion piece.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - Financial services (EU negotiating objectives)
28-Jan-2014 DG Trade
Brussels wants finance rules back in US trade pact
28-Jan-2014 FT
The EU is seeking to include financial regulation in a sweeping trade pact with the US, arguing that leaving it out of any deal would represent a threat to global financial stability.
TTIP: European Commission publishes EU negotiating position on financial services
28-Jan-2014 DG Trade
The European Commission publishes today a non-paper clarifying its objectives for financial services in the negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
EEB: “Regulatory rollback: how TTIP puts the environment at risk”
27-Jan-2014 EEB
European Environmental Bureau position paper on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Critics score against extreme corporate rights in TTIP, but must not be fooled by the Commission’s tricks
25-Jan-2014 CEO
This week, the European Commission announced a freeze in negotiations over dangerous corporate rights in the proposed EU-US trade deal (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP) and that it would conduct a public consultation on the issue.
US, EU negotiators say obstacles won’t delay trade accord
24-Jan-2014 WSJ
The chief trade negotiators of the US and the European Union admitted obstacles to a trans-Atlantic free trade agreement, but said a European decision to open public consultations over proposed procedures to settle investment disputes wouldn’t delay the accord.
Free trade for ’high-risk biotech’?
23-Jan-2014 Testbiotech
New report from Testbiotech on the potential influence of the planned Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on the authorisation of new genetically engineered organisms for use in agriculture and food production.
Brussels seeks to curb investor litigation under trade deals
22-Jan-2014 FT
EU trade commissioner Karel de Gucht pledged to release a proposed negotiating text of the investment chapter of any deal in March.
The TTIP: How a new secret ’trade’ treaty could put the world’s biggest firms beyond government control
21-Jan-2014 International Business Times
The US/EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is intended to set global trade rules, bypassing the World Trade Organisation which has up to now allowed developing countries to resist such an agreement.
UE suspende parcialmente negociaciones de libre comercio con EEUU
21-Jan-2014 Reuters
La Comisión Europea suspendió hoy en parte las negociaciones de libre comercio con Estados Unidos, según anunció el comisario de Comercio, Karel de Gucht, que explicó que en los próximos tres meses habrá que realizar una consulta sobre unas polémicas cláusulas para proteger las inversiones de las empresas.
The transatlantic colossus
21-Jan-2014 BFOG
‘The transatlantic colossus: Global contributions to broaden the debate on the EU-US free trade agreement’ (2014), a publication from the Berlin Forum on Global Politics in collaboration with the Internet & Society Collaboratory and FutureChallenges.org of the Bertelsmann Stiftung, is now available online.
Sovereignty fears lead to EU-US trade rethink
21-Jan-2014 The Independent
The European Commission is to rethink its approach to a controversial US trade deal which campaign groups in the UK have warned would fundamentally erode Britain’s sovereignty.
US trade debate prompts fears of delay in talks
20-Jan-2014 FT
In an interview with the Financial Times, Mexico’s economy minister said governments in the TPP talks were unlikely to offer any significant concessions until they were sure Mr Obama had fast-track authority. A senior EU official said officials in Brussels were bracing for a TPA debate that could last through this year and inevitably affect TTIP negotiations.
TTIP threatens financial reform and the public interest
19-Jan-2014 SOMO
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership treaty will open markets to foreign services and foreign direct investment in the financial sector. It intends to limit financial sector regulations because they are considered as barriers to trade, reports SOMO.