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Focus on: TTIP & energy and environment

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Trumped-up: EU-US trade deal spells climate disaster
5-Feb-2019 EU Observer
The EU now imports 112 percent more US soy than a year ago, flooding the market to feed EU factory farms. Bad news for animal welfare, bad news for the environment.
US soy for producing biofuels, an ‘unsustainable’ giveaway to Trump
30-Jan-2019 Euractiv
The European Commission is set to authorise imports of soybeans from the US to produce biofuels. Soy has a comparably bad environmental impact as palm oil, say experts.
Why the US and EU trade models are both bad for people and the planet
27-Jul-2018 Devex
If the US and the EU follow through with their commitments, the new trade relationship would mean more fracking in the US and an attack on European standards for genetically modified organisms, chemicals and other sensitive issues.
A globalisation for people, not business
5-Jun-2018 Social Europe
Globalisation is in crisis because of its almost totalitarian outreach to all areas of everyday life. People feel a loss of control, because their way of life is perceived as subject to trade requests solely for the benefit of globally acting firms.
How free trade hypocrisies are hurting our world
4-Apr-2018 Greenpeace
Rich countries have made our current trade rules and made sure that these rules suit their needs, providing few means for people in poor countries to protect themselves from aggressive export policies.
Did TTIP push the EU to scrap precaution on endocrine disruptors?
22-Aug-2016 BEUC
In June, the European Commission broke its promise that it will not trade away the ’precautionary principle’ to strike a trade deal with the United States, BEUC reports.
Alternative model for a sustainable development chapter and related provisions in the Transatlantic Trade an Investment Partnership
14-Jul-2016 S2B
The alternative model proposed here addresses the shortcomings of the EU Proposal and proposes a sustainable development chapter.
TAFTA : une nouvelle fuite révèle les ambitions climaticides de l’Union européenne
11-Jul-2016 Collectif Stop Tafta
Le TAFTA privera la puissance publique des instruments de contrôle et de réglementation nécessaires à la protection de l’environnement et la lutte contre les dérèglements climatiques.
Leaked TTIP energy proposal could ’sabotage’ EU climate policy
11-Jul-2016 The Guardian
EU proposal on a free trade deal with the US could curb energy saving measures and a planned switch to clean energy, say MEPs
Groups urge U.S. Congress to reject TPP over environmental concerns
6-Jun-2016 Reuters
More than 450 groups on Monday called on Congress to reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) if it comes up for a vote this fall, saying the trade deal would allow fossil fuel companies to contest U.S. environmental rules in extrajudicial tribunals.
TTIP: Chevron lobbied for controversial legal right as ’environmental deterrent’
27-Apr-2016 The Guardian
US oil company wanted EU-US trade deal to give foreign investors the legal right to challenge government decision, documents show
Europe’s regulations at risk
20-Apr-2016 Pardee School of Global Studies
On Friday, April 22, President Barack Obama is joining other world leaders in signing the Paris climate accord. But on the following Monday, April 25, Obama will meet with European leaders to promote the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
Interview: End of US crude oil export ban – consequences for TTIP and the climate
19-Jan-2016 Bordelex
The EU has been advocating an end of this ban as part of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations. The EU wants to be able to import US oil for energy security reasons and set global rules for energy markets.
TTIP vs. WTO: Who sets global standards?
14-Jan-2016 EurActiv
TTIP’s ability to create global standards is limited. The agreement may even be detrimental to the promotion of higher social or environmental standards.
2015: a year in review on trade and the environment
18-Dec-2015 Huffington Post
In 2015, new trade and investment cases, leaks and texts all demonstrated how trade rules present a significant threat to our environment and climate.
Move to renewables jeopardized by EU corporate trade deals
10-Dec-2015 TNI
Proposed special rights for corporations in EU trade agreements threaten to prevent the necessary energy transition to tackle climate change according to a new report.
TTIP vs. climate policy: what is at risk?
2-Dec-2015 Global Development And Environment Institute
TTIP is intended to remove “non-tariff barriers to trade”. But the barriers it is targeting are democratically adopted regulations, preventing or correcting damages that would result from unregulated private markets.
TTIP talks: EU alleged to have given ExxonMobil access to confidential papers
27-Nov-2015 The Guardian
Documents and emails obtained by the Guardian reveal ‘collusion’ between Brussels and industry over the fossil fuel push in free trade negotiations.
Lawyer claims part of new trade deal ‘creates an alternative court system’
26-Oct-2015 East Anglia Daily Times
Parts of a controversial new trade deal being negotiated between the European Union and the United States are illegal, it has been claimed.
TTIP: EU negotiators appear to break environmental pledge in leaked draft
24-Oct-2015 The Guardian
As Miami talks wind up, environmental safeguards are ‘virtually non-existent’ in trade deal negotiating text for sustainable development, lawyers say