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EU focuses on three sectors in procurement; won't challenge SME policy
In bilateral trade talks with the United States, the European Union has signaled that its efforts to expand the types of U.S. government procurement contracts open to EU firms will focus on three specific sectors.
Lessons from NAFTA for the TPP
There are many lessons from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that are relevant to the current debate over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
More TPP pork trade details announced
The following is a U.S. Meat Export Federation summary of the preliminary details related to U.S. pork trade.
Tariffs to be focus of 11th round of talks on EU-US trade deal
The United States and the European Union will seek to make progress on tariffs during the 11th round of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
Leaked documents show TTIP negotiations in deadlock on most issues
EU member states are concerned about the “tough negotiation process in all key areas” of the TTIP agreement
Corporate rights in trade agreements: Attacking the environment and community values
A private trade tribunal ruled that Canada violated rules in NAFTA because of an environmental impact assessment that led Canada to reject a company’s controversial mining project from moving forward in an important cultural and ecological area in Nova Scotia.
Legendary Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens is suing Ontario for $700 million over wind power
Pickens is using his rights under the North American Free Trade Agreement to bring claims against the Canadian province of Ontario.
The Volkswagen scandal and TTIP
The Volkswagen scandal has, above all, shown to the general public what had long been clear to people in Europe who are campaigning for better air quality: the car industry has too much influence on politics in Europe.
TPP: the path to global fragmentation
The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal is another nail in the coffin of a multilateral global trade system that brought the world together in the past six decades
Trans-Pacific Partnership: we're selling economic sovereignty for little return
Part of the cost of free trade deals is standardisation – in this case it means adopting US practices.