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Colombia seeks to double agricultural land in five years
20-May-2014 Fresh Fruit Portal
The Colombian government has set an ambitious goal to double the country’s agricultural land in half a decade, starting from 2015, to make the most of free trade agreements (FTA) signed with countries around the world, particularly the United States.
De Gucht, NGOs, trade accusations after anti-TTIP protestors ’kettled’ by police
19-May-2014 EurActiv
NGOs and trade unions today (19 May) hit back at accusations they were spreading lies on social media about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), as it emerged that Brussels Police used controversial “kettling” techniques and water cannon on protestors outside the European Business Summit.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - Raw materials and energy (EU negotiating text, Sep 2013)
19-May-2014 Huffington Post
Dated 20 September 2013, leaked by Huffington Post on 19 May 2014. See Wikipedia analysis here.
Leaked energy text exposes trade with European Union endangers action on climate
19-May-2014 Sierra Club
A draft negotiating text of energy provisions in the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the US and the European Union was leaked online today, just as the fifth round of negotiations began in Washington, DC.
TPP trade ministers/officials resume talks
19-May-2014 New Straits Times
The ninth ministerial meeting for the Trans Pacific Partnership opened this morning with the fewest participation of trade heads. Only six trade ministers from the 12-member grouping attended the morning session.
A conversation with Uruguay’s extraordinary José Mujica
19-May-2014 COHA
Mujica reported that the Obama administration was not particularly interested in being dragged into the lawsuit Montevideo is currently embroiled in with Philip Morris, a Swiss tobacco company.
Apec trade ministers eye Asia-Pacific FTA
19-May-2014 PDI
The trade ministers of economies belonging to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) discussed over the weekend potential pathways to a wider Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP).
Pulp friction: Indian mango ban prompts protest in Britain
19-May-2014 AFP
“With a new Indian government expected to put long-stalled EU free trade talks at the top of its agenda, the mango ban could not have come at a worse time as it risks souring discussions before they even get going,” Allie Renison of business lobby group the Institute of Directors wrote in the Daily Telegraph.
France celebrates "European Day of Alternatives" and protest against TTIP decrying EC corruption
19-May-2014 ACE News Service
About 1,500 protesters gathered in Paris, Saturday, to celebrate the European Day of Alternatives and Resistance and protest against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
TTIP Flashmob Hamburg
19-May-2014 Flickr
TTIP Flashmob in Hamburg bei einer Wahlkampfveranstaltung der CDU (Fischmarkt, vor der Fischauktionshalle) mit Angela Merkel
177 Congressman demand that US defend common food names
16-May-2014 AgWeb
177 members of the US House of Representatives joined the call for US negotiators to push back on the European Union’s efforts to hamper US production and exports by confiscating common food names, an abuse of the geographical indications (GIs) program.
250 arrested in anti-TTIP protest at European Business Summit
16-May-2014 EurActiv
“Our demand is to stop the negotiation of TTIP, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, which is a project for the sake of multinationals and very rich people,” said Felipe Van Keirsbilck, Secretary General, Belgian trade union for employees.
178 groups demand answers about TTIP’s climate impact
15-May-2014 EcoWatch
Will the US and Europe consider the climate and environment during their next round of TTIP negotiations? Nearly 200 civil society organizations hope so, and wrote about their concerns in a letter to trade representatives from the U.S. and Europe.
Nokia invokes India-Finland bilateral treaty to solve tax row
15-May-2014 PTI
With tax authorities pressing with over Rs 21,000 crore in unpaid dues, Finnish telecom major Nokia has invoked the Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPA) India has with Finland to resolve the dispute.
Is US ’chlorinated chicken’ and ‘GM food’ heading to EU?
15-May-2014 France24
French political parties attack the threats to food safety from the proposed EU-US trade agreement.
Mexico is waging war against American apples
15-May-2014 PRI
Mexico’s apple industry is the latest victim of NAFTA — and trying to fight back.
EU-US trade deal sails into new round, despite rough waters
15-May-2014 dpa
EU and US negotiators are to meet for a fifth time starting Monday in Washington in their efforts to create the world’s largest free trade area, but questions from civil society and even some European governments about the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) have slowed things down.
EU publishes negotiating positions in five more areas
15-May-2014 DG Trade
The European Commission has published negotiating positions in five more topics of its current talks with the US on a future trade and investment deal, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
Center for Food Safety report warns TTIP could undermine critical food safety and environmental regulations
14-May-2014 CFS
The US-based Center for Food Safety today released a report examining the potential food and farming impacts of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), a week before EU trade negotiators arrive in Arlington, Virginia, for the fifth round of TTIP talks.
Brazil says Mercosur/EU to meet in Brussels at the end of May for trade talks
14-May-2014
At the end of May Mercosur will be ready to exchange tariff-reduction proposals with the European Union, announced Brazilian Industry minister Mauro Borges who also anticipated the trade block would be holding a preparatory meeting next week in Caracas, Venezuela.