ISDS Case Map
TTIP
The comments submitted to and transcript of a public hearing convened by the US Trade Representative on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Agreement (TTIP) on 29-30 May 2013 are online.
Statements made at a US government hearing by the American Chemistry Council, the trade association of multinational chemical companies lobbying for the US-EU trade deal, highlight the risks to public health, report Friends of the Earth
Le commissaire européen chargé des Services financiers, Michel Barnier, a assuré hier qu’il continuerait de plaider pour que les services financiers soient inclus dans les négociations de libre-échange entre l’UE et les États-Unis.
The European Commission has taken the "unprecedented" step of publicly releasing several of its position papers for the EU-US FTA negotiations, after they were widely leaked by media and activists and after some European governments complained about Brussels' lack of transparency.
There has been a big push out of Washington to convince the public that an economic bonanza awaits us if we can just complete a trade deal with the European Union. This is complete nonsense, unless we define down bonanza to mean finding a quarter on the street.
American activists urged European trade negotiators on Wednesday not to weaken environmental and food standards as they begin talks in Washington on a trans-Atlantic free trade agreement.
VIdeo recording of civil society symposium on the US-EU trade agreement negotiations
Topics where EU and US politicians and stakeholders' interests clash -- such as public procurement, data protection, financial services and agricultural issues like geographical indicators and sanitary and phytosanitary measures – will prove the most problematic during talks.
The United States and the European Union, after nearly two years of preparation, start talks on Monday aimed at securing a free-trade agreement to squeeze new economic growth out of the world's largest trade and investment relationship.
European Union representatives travelling to Washington DC next week for the first round of negotiations with the US to forge a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership want early progress on the Americans lifting the current ban on European beef, an EU source close to the negotiations said.
