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Wikileaks offers bounty for TTIP texts
Wikileaks launched a crowdfunding campaign Tuesday to raise €100,000 to pay anyone who can provide texts of negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, and the group had raised...
View ArticleRedact this
Anti-tobacco critics are calling out the European Commission for providing responses to a freedom of information request on their trade talks with the industry that are virtually incomprehensible...
View ArticleMalmström pitches new TTIP court
The European Commission on Wednesday made another attempt to break the biggest roadblock in negotiations over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: dispute resolution. Trade Commissioner...
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Will TTIP be an ‘economic NATO’?
Back in 2012, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hailed a proposed transatlantic free trade pact as a job-creating, growth-boosting “economic NATO” that would forge new ties between old allies....
View ArticleISDS: The most toxic acronym in Europe
There must have been some nervous people at the International Sheep Dog Society when the European Union’s trade commissioner flew into Washington recently and declared “ISDS is now the most toxic...
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Malmström: EU leaders must fight for TTIP
EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström on Thursday urged member states to boost their engagement for the EU-U.S. trade deal, acknowledging the power of vocal opposition. “The Commission’s mandate for...
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TTIP negotiations not even half done
Negotiations on a massive EU-U.S. trade agreement are not even halfway complete, according to a new European Commission internal assessment, and the lack of progress is raising questions about...
View ArticleEU ambassador: TTIP conclusion next year ‘feasible’
EU Ambassador the the U.S. David O’Sullivan said Tuesday that he believes Brussels and Washington could complete their bilateral trade pact by next year, but emphasized that the talks aren’t happening...
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Not so fast: How Washington could kill the trade deal
The biggest trade deal in history is about to become Washington’s biggest political football. After nearly six years of grueling negotiations, an agreement in principle on the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
View ArticleMillions in EU sign petition against trade deals
More than three million people across Europe have signed a petition calling on the European Commission to scrap planned free-trade agreements with the United States and Canada. Campaign organizers...
View ArticleMore than 150,000 protest against EU-US trade deal
BERLIN — More than 150,000 protesters participated Saturday in what was Germany’s biggest rally yet against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, according to the city’s police. Labor...
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Malmström tries a new tack on TTIP
European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström on Wednesday unveiled a new strategy which she called a direct response to growing opposition to an EU-U.S. trade deal, promising more transparency,...
View ArticleOfficial: Next four months critical for TTIP completion
The European Union and United States are now on equal footing when it comes to tariff offers in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks, but officials made clear that the next four...
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Froman tells UK: No to EU means no to trade deal
The United States’ trade representative just slammed Britain’s Out crowd. Michael Froman, U.S. trade representative, said the U.S. is “not particularly in the market for free trade agreements with...
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Wanted: A TTIP fillip
The U.S. and Europe face significant challenges. The EU is struggling to address a wave of human migration, an auto manufacturing scandal, and the risk of losing the U.K. The U.S. seems afflicted by...
View ArticleMalmström: TTIP should be ‘sustainable’
The European Commission launched a new effort Friday to counter criticism of a pending EU-U.S. trade deal, saying Brussels will push for the final agreement to include safeguards on labor rights and...
View ArticleFroman: Window closing for TTIP deal before next administration
The United States and the European Union need to speed up talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership to finish before President Barack Obama leaves office in January 2017, U.S. Trade...
View ArticleAustralia tobacco clash reverberates in EU trade talks
The end of a complex court case on the other side of the world could wreak havoc on a campaign in Europe against a proposed trade deal between the EU and the United States. An international arbitration...
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Secret legal opinion inflames China trade fight
The European Commission’s legal service has recommended that China be granted “market economy status” under EU trade law in a move likely to inflame relations with the United States and European...
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