ISDS Case Map
TTIP
That’s in part because of a long-running catch 22: the US won’t contemplate a deal that doesn’t include agricultural goods, and the EU, keen to protect its own farmers and maintain food standards, refuses to allow a deal that does include them.
As agreed by the European Council
The US negotiating objectives clearly intend to cover agriculture broadly. One of the trade negotiation mandates adopted by the EU addresses domestic regulatory changes which does not exclude agriculture.
European Union countries have approved plans for trade talks with the United States. France voted against and Belgium abstained.
France will vote against the start of trade talks between the European Union and the United States, the French presidency has said, despite EU members agreeing in principle to begin the discussions.
In its latest report on foreign trade barriers, the USTR, prompted by the pharmaceutical industry, takes aim at the pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in the European Union.
Paris is especially wary after the failure of talks on TTIP, a far more ambitious transatlantic trade plan.
France wants to secure guarantees on environmental protection and access to public procurement markets before moving forward into new trade talks with the US.
Local authorities, commons and free trade agreements. 29 - 30 March '19 in Borgerhout - Antwerp.
The European Parliament failed to back trade talks between the EU and the US as President Donald Trump warned of severe consequences if Europe failed to deliver.
