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21-May-2014 AFP
No deadline for TPP trade talks
Asia-Pacific trade ministers say they will intensify talks on a vast trans-Pacific free trade agreement but are offering no clue on when a final accord might be reached. -
21-May-2014 Business Standard
BIPAs not serving India’s interest: Commerce Ministry
Worried over frequent invocation of investment protection pacts by MNCs, the Commerce and Industry Ministry is in favour of gradually phasing them out saying that they hurt India’s interest. -
20-May-2014 IATP
10 reasons TTIP is bad for good food and farming
Agribusiness on both sides is pushing to rollback regulations that hinder their profits at the expense of food safety, farmers and ranchers, consumers and animal welfare. -
20-May-2014 Fresh Fruit Portal
Colombia seeks to double agricultural land in five years
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. -
19-May-2014 EurActiv
De Gucht, NGOs, trade accusations after anti-TTIP protestors ’kettled’ by police
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. -
19-May-2014 Huffington Post
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - Raw materials and energy (EU negotiating text, Sep 2013)
Dated 20 September 2013, leaked by Huffington Post on 19 May 2014. See Wikipedia analysis here. -
19-May-2014 Sierra Club
Leaked energy text exposes trade with European Union endangers action on climate
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. -
19-May-2014 New Straits Times
TPP trade ministers/officials resume talks
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. -
19-May-2014 COHA
A conversation with Uruguay’s extraordinary José Mujica
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. -
19-May-2014 PDI
Apec trade ministers eye Asia-Pacific FTA
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). -
19-May-2014 AFP
Pulp friction: Indian mango ban prompts protest in Britain
“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. -
19-May-2014 ACE News Service
France celebrates "European Day of Alternatives" and protest against TTIP decrying EC corruption
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).
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19-May-2014 Flickr
TTIP Flashmob Hamburg
TTIP Flashmob in Hamburg bei einer Wahlkampfveranstaltung der CDU (Fischmarkt, vor der Fischauktionshalle) mit Angela Merkel -
16-May-2014 AgWeb
177 Congressman demand that US defend common food names
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. -
16-May-2014 EurActiv
250 arrested in anti-TTIP protest at European Business Summit
“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.
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15-May-2014 EcoWatch
178 groups demand answers about TTIP’s climate impact
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. -
15-May-2014 PTI
Nokia invokes India-Finland bilateral treaty to solve tax row
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. -
15-May-2014 France24
Is US ’chlorinated chicken’ and ‘GM food’ heading to EU?
French political parties attack the threats to food safety from the proposed EU-US trade agreement.
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15-May-2014 PRI
Mexico is waging war against American apples
Mexico’s apple industry is the latest victim of NAFTA — and trying to fight back.
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15-May-2014 dpa
EU-US trade deal sails into new round, despite rough waters
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.