TTIP


Protests in Bulgaria’s capital and Varna against TTIP agreement between EU and USA
Civil protests were staged this weekend in coastal Varna and in Sofia themed “No to TTIP and CETA”.
TTIP aim to lift US oil export ban goes against climate targets
EU push to lift restrictions on US crude oil and liquefied natural gas exports as part of controversial trade deal could explode Canada’s tar sands carbon bomb and push up carbon emissions
Flashmob choir interrupts TTIP congress
At a pro-TTIP congress where the Belgian Foreign Affairs Minister was promoting the treaty, a flashmob of attendees stood up singing "Do You Hear the People Sing?" a rousing revolutionary song from Les Miserables.
US-Europe trade pact adds to Switzerland's pain
"TTIP is going to affect Switzerland very much. There is a fear we're going to be locked out and some of our companies discriminated," a government official told the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday
TTIP: Why we are asking for an immediate suspension? With a sense of urgency !
Human rights organizations have joined the broad Belgian coalition of the trade union confederations, mutuality’s, consumer organizations and environmental and development umbrella NGOs and are asking for an immediate suspension of the TTIP negotiations.
TTIP: MEPs pave way for plenary vote by retabling June amendments
International Trade Committee MEPs on Monday paved the way for a plenary vote on the European Parliament’s draft recommendations for Transatlantic Trade and investment partnership (TTIP) negotiators, by retabling the June plenary amendments which had been referred back for reconsideration.
"TTIP free" zones
List of pages where you can find out which cities/towns/regions have declared themselves as TTIP-free, by country
'Nein Danke' -- smaller German firms see US trade deal as threat
Small and medium-sized companies known as the 'Mittelstand' that account for 89 percent of Germany's exporters are skeptical of the trade deal being hammered out between Brussels and Washington.
US Congress passes anti-BDS legislation, key trade bill
The so-called trade promotion authority bill passed by Congress requires US negotiators to make the rejection of the BDS campaign a principal trade objective in negotiations with the European Union.
Parliament’s trade committee to vote on TTIP Monday
The European Parliament on Monday will again struggle to advance the giant EU-US trade deal, after a compromise blew up between the two legislature’s biggest political parties in early June.