About: Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Archives
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Le Pen won’t hijack TTIP committee, vow MEPs
Marine Le Pen and her far-right allies will not be allowed to hijack the debate over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), despite sitting on the European Parliament committee overseeing the EU-US trade deal, its new chairman promised Tuesday.
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Germany’s fear of ‘chlorine chicken’ complicates US trade talks
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel once said she wished "for nothing more than a free-trade agreement between the USA and the EU". But, to the dismay of many in Brussels and Washington, Germans are now taking a very different view.
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Berlin tells CIA station chief to leave in spy scandal
Germany told the CIA station chief in Berlin to leave the country on Thursday (10 July) in a dramatic display of anger from Chancellor Angela Merkel at the behaviour of a close ally after officials unearthed two suspected US spies.
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EU bets on TTIP to solve Russian gas addiction
The European Union, as it seeks to reduce its dependency on Russian energy in the wake of the Ukraine crisis, will demand in talks over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) that the US ends its ban on crude oil exports.
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UK anti-TTIP protests to focus on NHS privatisation
British trade unions and activists are launching a nationwide campaign to raise awareness against the “dangers” of the planned Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) for the public health sector.
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De Gucht downplays corporate dominance in TTIP talks
Multinational companies will not be given too much power by a trade agreement between the European Union and the United States, the EU's trade chief said on Tuesday (24 June), seeking to reassure consumer and environmental groups opposed to the pact.
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EU, US face food labelling spat in TTIP talks
The EU and the US are far from an agreement on food in the TTIP talks, with geographical indications still proving to be a sticking point.
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US wants ‘science’ to settle GMO debate in trade deal with EU
A planned EU/US trade deal should sweep away "non-scientific barriers" to US sales of many genetically modified crops and some chemically treated meats in Europe, the US agriculture secretary said on Tuesday (17 June).
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US embassy in Berlin sparks TTIP Twitter tangle
EXCLUSIVE / A tweet by the US embassy in Berlin offering grants of up to $20,000 for pro-TTIP projects has triggered a row with campaigners dismissing it as propaganda that reveals a desperate shortfall of original ideas in the US establishment.
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TTIP contradicts post-2015 development goals, experts say
The planned US-EU trade deal, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), has come up against intense criticism from both sides of the Atlantic. Now development officials have joined the choir, and are warning that the agreement will undermine the UN's post-2015 development agenda. EURACTIV Germany reports.
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Hundreds of protesters arrested in Brussels as business leaders debate ‘maintaining citizen’s trust’
SPECIAL REPORT / 240 people were arrested on Thursday (15 May) around the European Business Summit venue in Brussels during non-violent protests organised by trade unions and citizens’ groups.
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EU-US clash over financial services in TTIP
SPECIAL REPORT / The US Ambassador to the EU told the European Commissioner for Trade today (15 May) that there is hardly any chance that financial services will be included in a future Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
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Polarised Parliament seen thwarting EU’s free trade agenda
Growing support for far-right parties has dominated the run-up to next week's European Parliament elections. But a lesser-noticed theme is lurking: parties on both the right and left who want to scupper EU free trade talks.
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NGOs call for more transparency over food in EU-US trade talks
Civil rights groups in the European Union and the United States have urged their representatives to make the negotiating texts for a mooted trade deal between the two blocs publicly available, out of concern they may loosen standards.
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EU-US trade talks seen dragging on until mid-2016
As the European Union and the United States wrap up a week of talks on the transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) in Washington, the EU still says it hopes to have something to show before the European elections in May. But observers say the real, final deadline is mid 2016, just before the US elections.
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Brussels sets advisory group on EU-US trade deal
The European Commission launched on Monday (27 January) a special advisory group of experts to give fresh input on all issues being discussed at the EU-US negotiating table for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
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Brussels wants to hear more on TTIP investor-state dispute clause
The European Commission decided yesterday (21 January) that it would be postponing negotiations on an investor-state dispute settlement mechanism in the context of the EU-US trade and investment partnership (TTIP), with a view to launching a public consultation.
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EU, US say trade deal won’t pander to big business
U.S. and EU trade negotiators rejected accusations on Friday (15 November) that they are pandering to multinational companies in their push to agree the world's largest free-trade deal, saying food safety and the environment will not be put at risk.
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Reding warns data protection could derail US trade talks
Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding yesterday (29 October) issued a stark warning that data protection should be kept off the agenda of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). But EURACTIV understands that US pressure is mounting to keep the debate open on data issues.
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EU lawmaker: ‘TTIP is not a monster’
The budding Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has been wrongly portrayed as a Western conspiracy against China when it would positively impact world trade, says a key MEP ahead of a second round of trade negotiations in Brussels between 7-11 October.
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EU-US trade talks delve into regulatory maze
SPECIAL REPORT / A gulf has opened up in the approaches taken by the two sides in the transatlantic trade talks, with the European Union wanting sector-specific commitments and the United States leaning towards rules that would apply across industries, EURACTIV has learned.
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EU-US survey reveals massive support for trade deal
A new survey of policymakers and key influencers in Washington and Brussels, released jointly by APCO Insight and EURACTIV, reveals significant support for an EU-US trade agreement, despite deep differences across the Atlantic on regulatory issues ranging from GMOs to the protection of data privacy online.
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Spying scandal will not threaten trade deal, says top US envoy
EXCLUSIVE / As EU, US negotiators meet today (8 July) for the first round of talks on an ambitious transatlantic trade agreement, outgoing US Ambassador to the EU William E. Kennard promised a ‘healthy debate’ between the two partners in the light of recent spying allegations.
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EU, US leaders kick-off transatlantic trade talks
The European Union and the United States launched negotiations on Monday (17 June) to forge a comprehensive transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP), after overcoming a long-fought battle on excluding the audiovisual sector, led by France.