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USTR rejecting EU bids for more transparency in TTIP
1-Mar-2014     Infojustice
USTR demands for hyper-secrecy in the Trans Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) continue to be a major block to continuing negotiations, writes Sean Flynn
Canadians to see Canada-EU free trade pact legal text soon, says Fast
1-Mar-2014     Canadian Press
The legal text of the Canada-European Union free trade agreement will be ready for Canadians to examine soon, possibly in the next month or two, federal Trade Minister Ed Fast said Friday.
EU-US trade talks face growing hostility, ministers warn
28-Feb-2014     Reuters
Free-trade talks between the United States and the European Union are in danger of being derailed by populist groups opposing everything from globalization to multinationals, EU ministers and business leaders said on Friday.
Ukraine ready to sign association agreement during March EU summit
28-Feb-2014     EurActiv
Ukraine’s new government wants to sign its Association Agreement with the EU at the 20-21 March summit of EU leaders, a high-ranking diplomat told EurActiv today (27 February).
TTIP ‘challenged’ by environmental critics, EU says
27-Feb-2014     EurActiv
Plans for a sweeping EU-US free trade deal known as TTIP risk being blown off course by civil society fears about the damage it could wreak on environmental and social protections, according to a leaked EU document seen by EurActiv.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - EU draft proposal on trade in services, investment and e-commerce (summer 2013)
27-Feb-2014     Die Zeit
As leaked by Die Zeit on 27 February 2014
Repsol in $5 billion settlement with Argentina
25-Feb-2014     New York Times
Repsol, the Spanish oil company agreed to a $5 billion compensation deal with Argentina for the seizure of the company’s operations in that country, ending a bitter two-year dispute.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: No end in sight
25-Feb-2014     The Economist
“Significant gaps” remain after the Singapore talk, no date or place has been chosen for their next meeting, and it is hard to avoid the conclusion that any agreement is months or years away, writes The Economist.
De Gucht comments on TTIP 'stocktaking' talks
25-Feb-2014     Tax News
Karel De Gucht has said that while good progress is being made on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), negotiators must now "step up a gear" if they hope to find common solutions to the problems facing them.
Senegal: Regional ministers endorse compromises for EPA negotiations
25-Feb-2014     African Manager
West Africa’s ministers of finance and trade have adopted the compromise proposals for concluding the decade-long negotiations of the Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union for a free trade area of the two regions.