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Focus on: TTIP & finance

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Embedding human rights into corporate tax planning
25-Nov-2016 Madhyam
The exploitation of loopholes has become the favorite play of an organized tax avoidance industry.
Lawmakers pushing financial regs in TTIP
18-Apr-2016 Politico
Fifteen House members emphasized to President Barack Obama that they want to see TTIP cover financial services regulations.
Latest round of TTIP talks boost momentum
10-Mar-2016 EurActiv
Progress was made in the latest round of TTIP talks, but negotiators have a long way to go if the deal is to be signed before Barack Obama leaves office.
US-EU trade will undermine ’tax justice,’ says report
16-Feb-2016 Tele Sur
The secretive TTIP could make it easier than ever for big business to sue governments, according to new research.
TTIP, tax havens contribute to extreme global inequality
19-Jan-2016 Sputnik
TTIP perpetuate inequality because of their secrecy and preference for the interests of the wealthy over financial regulations and labor rights.
The gathering financial storm is just one effect of corporate power unbound
5-Nov-2015 The Guardian
What have governments learned from the financial crisis? I could write a column spelling it out. Or I could do the same job with one word: nothing.
Leaked documents show TTIP negotiations in deadlock on most issues
19-Oct-2015 Sputnik
EU member states are concerned about the “tough negotiation process in all key areas” of the TTIP agreement
Insurers lead moves to include financial services in TTIP
23-Apr-2015 EurActiv
Insurers from the US and EU are amongst leading backers of a financial services chapter within the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP), although the US remains opposed officially.
Congressional Financial Services Committee leaders: Exclude ISDS from US-EU deal
4-Dec-2014 Public Citizen
US congressional leaders have just sent a letter to the Obama administration warning against TAFTA/TTIP provisions that could restrict Congress’ ability to prevent another financial crisis.
Leaked documents on TTIP
19-Nov-2014 ARD
Leaked TTIP negotiating documents show that the EU is trying to protect European banks from strong American financial regulations.
Irish regulator: put derivatives on TTIP agenda
9-Jul-2014 Hedge Funds Review
The Central Bank of Ireland’s markets director believes TTIP is the ideal forum to iron out differences over substituted compliance and establish agreement on monitoring and data collection systems
TTIP won’t let big banks wriggle out of regulations, EU negotiators insist
2-Jul-2014 IB Times
The European Commission denies that it is using the negotiations over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership to weaken financial regulation for the benefit of financial institutions.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft regulatory co-operation on financial regulation (March 2014)
1-Jul-2014 CEO
As leaked by CEO
EU and US insurers support including financial services market access and regulatory cooperation in TTIP
30-Jun-2014 AIA
Insurance Europe, the American Insurance Association and the American Council of Life Insurers have issued a statement supporting the inclusion of market access and regulatory cooperation in financial services in TTIP.
EU pushes US to include financial regulation in free trade deal
16-Jun-2014 Xinhua
A top European Union (EU) official on Friday continued to push for the inclusion of financial regulation in a free trade agreement with the United States, saying it’s vital to ensure global financial stability.
Finance Watch says there is no proven case for including financial services in TTIP
19-Mar-2014 Finance Watch
TTIP risks ‘race to the bottom’ in financial services regulation says Finance Watch, the independent public interest group working to make finance serve society.
Give and take in the EU-US trade deal? Sure. We give, the corporations take
10-Mar-2014 The Guardian
George Monbiot asks why businesses have got more access to the negociations than citizens and their representative organisations have and sets down some challenges to the architects of TTIP.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - Financial services (EU negotiating objectives)
28-Jan-2014 DG Trade
Brussels wants finance rules back in US trade pact
28-Jan-2014 FT
The EU is seeking to include financial regulation in a sweeping trade pact with the US, arguing that leaving it out of any deal would represent a threat to global financial stability.
TTIP: European Commission publishes EU negotiating position on financial services
28-Jan-2014 DG Trade
The European Commission publishes today a non-paper clarifying its objectives for financial services in the negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).