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TTIP

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

TTIP - German welfare organisations demand exclusion of social services
24-Aug-2014 Solidar
In a common position paper, SOLIDAR member Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO) as a member of the German coordination organization of welfare organization together with another network outlined their position on the ongoing negotiations of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) regarding social and health care services.
TULF on TTIP
23-Aug-2014 Trade Union Left Forum
Trade Union Left Forum is urging workers to sign a petition calling on the Irish Congress of Trade Unions to get TTIP scrapped.
TTIP - Debate: European goals and fears
21-Aug-2014 DW
"Multilateral negotiations on the WTO level should be the norm, but at the moment this TTIP will actually set world standards and the rest has to follow," says Olaf Böhnke of the European Council on Foreign Affairs
US ambassadors heart TTIP
21-Aug-2014
US embassies across Europe are pushing the proposed US-European Union trade deal through bicycle tours and cash grants.
Chlorine chicken: No thank you
20-Aug-2014 DW
There’s strong criticism of the planned free trade agreement TTIP. Europe’s organic farming sector is especially skeptical. Deutsche Welle reports.
War of the FTAs
20-Aug-2014 Business World
As an exhausted World Trade Organisation struggles, expect a war of FTAs as rich countries hit back with new trade regimes under TPP and TTIP while emerging markets build the RCEP
What the leaked EU-Canada trade paper means for TTIP
20-Aug-2014 EU Observer
EU trade negotiators, who like to give as little away as possible, will have been deeply dismayed by the leak of 520 pages of their latest baby: the EU-Canada free trade agreement (Ceta).
Don’t let Americans put hormones and pesticides in our dinner, warns Jamie Oliver as he launches latest food offensive
17-Aug-2014 Daily Mail
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is planning a campaign to stop British food standards being lowered to allow American food imports pumped full of pesticides and hormones into the UK under TTIP.
EU sugar industry fears import pressures In TTIP talks
15-Aug-2014 American Ag Radio Network
Europe’s sugar industry fears there could be sugar imports from the combined US and Mexican market if sugar is becomes part of the ongoing Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations.
EU-Canada trade deal leak ‘ridicules’ TTIP consultation, campaigners say
15-Aug-2014 EurActiv
The leaked EU-Canada trade agreement contains a controversial chapter on investor-state disputes settlement that is substantially unchanged from previous drafts that were used as a basis for the EU’s recently held public consultation.
Two-third of voters in Tory marginals want NHS exempt from US trade pact
8-Aug-2014 The Guardian
More than two-thirds of voters in 13 battleground constituencies want to see the NHS safeguarded from a new trade deal that critics say threatens to make the privatisation of UK health services permanent.
New World Trade Order? Fighting TPP and TTIP/TAFTA
8-Aug-2014 Post Gobalisation Initiative
At the Left Forum 2014, one of the RLS-NYC panels discussed the trade agreements that are currently being negotiated: the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP, or TAFTA).
TTIP: battle of the choirs
4-Aug-2014 War on Want
The battle over TTIP has moved into the cultural sphere with the Strawberry Thieves Socialist Choir versus the Yale Spizzwinks.
International trade partnerships: Deal or no deal?
3-Aug-2014 Oxford Analytica
Obstacles in several countries could delay the negotiations of TPP and TTIP — and possibly scupper the deals entirely, says Oxford Analytica. Infographic.
Ombudsman asks Council and Commission to publish more TTIP documents
31-Jul-2014 European Ombudsman
The European Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, has called on the Council of the European Union to publish the EU negotiating directives for the on-going Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations with the US.
Commission publishes summary state of play in TTIP negotiations – latest version now available
29-Jul-2014 DG Trade
The EU has updated its document summarising the latest state of play in the TTIP negotiations. It now reflects progress made in the sixth round of the talks, which took place between 14 and 18 July in Brussels.
Germany insists it hasn’t scuttled CETA: report
29-Jul-2014 iPolitics
The German ministry of the economy has clarified its position on the Canada-EU trade agreement (CETA), saying it will “meticulously” examine the agreement as soon as it’s on the table, Agence France Presse reported Monday.
US-EU free-trade deal: "In the end Parliament decides on the agreements"
25-Jul-2014 European Parliament News
Interview with Bernd Lange, chair of the international trade committee of the European Parliament.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft SPS chapter (June 2014)
24-Jul-2014 IATP
Leaked document reveals US-EU trade agreement threatens public health, food safety
24-Jul-2014 IATP
A draft chapter of the US-EU trade agreement leaked today by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy reveals public health and food safety could be at risk, according to an accompanying analysis.