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.
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.
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.
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.
15-May-2014
France24
French political parties attack the threats to food safety from the proposed EU-US trade agreement.
15-May-2014
PRI
Mexico's apple industry is the latest victim of NAFTA -- and trying to fight back.
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.
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).
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.
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.
