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TTIP

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

Marche citoyenne contre l’accord de libre échange négocié entre les EU et la CE dans le déni de la démocratie
14-Aug-2013 Les Engraineurs
Venez nombreux le 24 novembre. Il s’agira de la première mobilisation avant une longue série d’autres d’ici à 2015.
USTR hearing on TTIP
12-Aug-2013 Regulations.gov
The comments submitted to and transcript of a public hearing convened by the US Trade Representative on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Agreement (TTIP) on 29-30 May 2013 are online.
Toxic trade deal: Friends of the Earth decries industry efforts to weaken regulation of chemicals associated with breast cancer, autism, infertility
26-Jul-2013 FOE
Statements made at a US government hearing by the American Chemistry Council, the trade association of multinational chemical companies lobbying for the US-EU trade deal, highlight the risks to public health, report Friends of the Earth
Barnier insiste pour inclure les services financiers dans l’accord de libre-échange
19-Jul-2013 AFP
Le commissaire européen chargé des Services financiers, Michel Barnier, a assuré hier qu’il continuerait de plaider pour que les services financiers soient inclus dans les négociations de libre-échange entre l’UE et les États-Unis.
EU publishes initial TTIP position papers
17-Jul-2013 EU
The European Commission has taken the "unprecedented" step of publicly releasing several of its position papers for the EU-US FTA negotiations, after they were widely leaked by media and activists and after some European governments complained about Brussels’ lack of transparency.
The US-EU trade deal: don’t buy the hype
15-Jul-2013 The Guardian
There has been a big push out of Washington to convince the public that an economic bonanza awaits us if we can just complete a trade deal with the European Union. This is complete nonsense, unless we define down bonanza to mean finding a quarter on the street.
US activists praise Europe’s ways in trade talks
15-Jul-2013 AP
American activists urged European trade negotiators on Wednesday not to weaken environmental and food standards as they begin talks in Washington on a trans-Atlantic free trade agreement.
Trans-Atlantic trade symposium
12-Jul-2013 You Tube
VIdeo recording of civil society symposium on the US-EU trade agreement negotiations
The major obstacles to the EU-US free trade deal
12-Jul-2013 Public Service Europe
Topics where EU and US politicians and stakeholders’ interests clash — such as public procurement, data protection, financial services and agricultural issues like geographical indicators and sanitary and phytosanitary measures – will prove the most problematic during talks.
After long buildup, US-EU free trade talks finally begin
8-Jul-2013 Reuters
The United States and the European Union, after nearly two years of preparation, start talks on Monday aimed at securing a free-trade agreement to squeeze new economic growth out of the world’s largest trade and investment relationship.
EU wants US beef ban lifted under TTIP
6-Jul-2013 Global Meat News
European Union representatives travelling to Washington DC next week for the first round of negotiations with the US to forge a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership want early progress on the Americans lifting the current ban on European beef, an EU source close to the negotiations said.
Will European requirements for labeling GMO foods survive new trade negotiations?
4-Jul-2013 Huffington Post
Will US trade negotiators seek the elimination of GMO restrictions in Europe through the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership?
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - EU initial position papers (June 2013)
3-Jul-2013 IATP
Initial position papers from the Commission dated 20 June 2013 and leaked by IATP
European Union says US spying claims could affect free trade
1-Jul-2013 Raw Story
EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding on Sunday warned that landmark negotiations with the United States to create a vast free trade zone could be affected if media reports that Washington had bugged EU premises proved true.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - EU negotiating mandate (draft June 2013)
21-Jun-2013 FT
Third leaked draft, published by the FInancial Times’ "Brussels Blog" on 10 June 2013
Opponents question proposed trans-Atlantic trade deal
19-Jun-2013 IPS
Controversy is building following the announcement that negotiations will soon begin on a free trade agreement between the United States and European Union, with critics warning that any such agreement could negatively affect a host of regulatory concerns.
EU, US launch talks on vast free trade deal
18-Jun-2013 MENAFN
The European Union and the United States launched yesterday long-awaited formal negotiations on a vast trade pact, dubbed "the biggest bilateral deal in history."
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft directives for the negociations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (June 2013)
17-Jun-2013 BFMTV
As leaked by BFMTV
Trade deal would benefit US more than EU, Ifo study finds
17-Jun-2013 FT
The US would gain more than the EU from a transatlantic trade deal, according to a study to be released on Monday.
Controversial debate on TTIP mandate in EU Council of Ministers
16-Jun-2013 IP Watch
After hours of late night discussion, the European Union Foreign Affairs Council of Ministers meeting in Luxembourg Friday finally excluded the audiovisual sector from the negotiation mandate for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the bilateral treaty to be negotiated with the United States.