New Docs reveal trade deal negotiations have gone 'very far from legitimate trade concerns into the territory of a sweeping deregulatory political agenda.'
In the past, it was easy to make the case for free trade. Free trade agreements seemed to create opportunities, help millions out of poverty, and generate growth. Today, a growing number of Europeans and Americans believe that the opposite is true. The article points out in how far TTIP should be rethought and redesigned to regain the public trust.
Germany’s highest court dismissed complaints on Thursday from opponents of a trade deal between Canada and the European Union, a legal effort that had the potential not only to torpedo the pact but also to imperil for a proposed agreement between Europe and the United States.
Friday's vote in Wallonia was only the latest sideways move as the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement lurches toward its intended signing date. As the EU's foreign and trade ministers prepare to decide its fate Tuesday, here's a guide to what remains unresolved.
Dutch activists on Saturday said they have garnered about two-thirds of the signatures needed to force the government to hold a referendum on the new EU-Canada trade pact, in what might prove a fresh setback to the deal.
PUBLIC-SECTOR unions urged MEPs yesterday to throw out the latest incarnation of anti-democratic corporate courts written into international trade deals.
New European Union proposals in trade talks with the U.S. are aimed at simplifying technical regulations in the cosmetics, medical devices, cars, chemicals and textiles sectors, the European Commission said.
The outcome of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) will determine what happens with other trade deals such as TTIP and Mercosur, Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy has said.
The pause in TTIP implementation process between the EU and the US will remain until the new US administration makes new steps, European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom told Sputnik Wednesday.
As many people suspected, and as is becoming more and more obvious, the UK, with its sweatshop economy, weak productivity and huge trade deficit, is going to find itself in very chilly waters after we leave the EU
The United States under the new administration may discard the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) just like it did with the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), to pave the way for new trade policy, focused on local economies and sustainable jobs, experts told Sputnik.
Amid rising anti-globalization sentiment, the EU-Canada trade pact has moved a step closer to reality after the EU trade committee gave its backing. MEPs see the deal as a symbolic show of support for open markets.
Former World Trade Organisation chief and EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy has denounced Donald Trump’s protectionist trade policy for being outdated, telling a EurActiv event he isn’t concerned that European politicians will follow the new US president’s cue.
An Austrian petition against EU free trade agreements with the United States and Canada has been signed by 562,000 people, and organizers are calling for parliament to reject both pacts.
The US and the EU will remain strategic partners, despite the incongruence of positions in some key issues. Thus, the Europeans do not agree with the position of the new US administration, which banned citizens of seven countries from entering the United States. In addition, the EU continues to uphold the principle of free international trade, while Washington withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. However, as the European Commission Chief Spokesperson, Margaritis Shinas, said, "The United States is a strategic partner of the EU, because the intensity and scope of our relations in various areas are important not only for our bilateral relations, but also for global stability."
VIENNA (AP) — An Austrian petition against EU free trade agreements with the United States and Canada has been signed by 562,000 people, and organizers are calling for parliament to reject both pacts.
I recently testified at a joint subcommittee hearing held by the House Foreign Affairs Committee about prospects for a US - UK free trade agreement (my written statement is here). I focused on the possible content of the agreement.
The 70-year Transatlantic alliance between the United States and the Europe was formed around common values and norms that demanded commitment not just to democracy, the rule of law and human rights, but also to the values of a liberal economy that supported free, fair and open rule-based trade
The hasty retreat of the US into protectionism, the trade implications of Brexit and the hurried passage of CETA through the European Parliament herald a new era in international trade policy.
Europe is likely to increase business with Canada after the EU parliament gave the green light to the controversial free trade deal CETA. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to address the parliament in Strasbourg on Thursday, after seven years of tough talks. RFI takes a look at what happens next.
The United States is ready to negotiate a new trade deal with the UK. It also continues to have plans for the European Union, said Representative Paul Ryan, the Republican Speaker of the US House of Representatives.
The European Union and the United States agreed on Thursday (25 May) to set up a joint delegation to increase trade cooperation, after the EU-US free trade deal negotiations were put on ice with the election of Donald Trump.
US Secretary of Commerce states that he is open to resuming talks on TTIP. As the EU is an important trading partner, the negotiations should be continued with the Union and not with single states - as a reaction to the tweets of Trump attacking Germany.
Trade deals with murderers, chlorine chicken in our supermarkets, flogging off the health service... the UK outside the EU is looking to be a grim place indeed, says Youssef El-Gingihy
Influenced by events like Brexit and protectionist moves by US President Donald Trump, the EU’s trade in food is going through a period of change. EURACTIV’s partner EFE AGRO reports.
The United States' new hostility to free trade deals under President Donald Trump is benefiting the European Union, the bloc's top trade official said.
Wallonia - the province of Belgium that held up the controversial CETA EU trade deal with Canada - has warned it may still not ratify the treaty - putting the whole deal in doubt, alongside the TTIP deal with the US that has hit the buffers since US President Donald Trump came to power.
Denmark seems to be hell-bent on hammering out the EU's free trade agreement with Canada (CETA) as soon as possible. In doing so, the Danish government is looking forward to killing two birds with one stone: assuring Brussels of its participation and sidestepping civic involvement.
What lessons have been drawn by the EU from the CETA and TTIP trade negotiations? Johan Adriaensen argues that the trade package contained in Jean-Claude Juncker’s State of the Union speech presented a coherent vision for how EU trade negotiations could move forward, with avenues for discontent at future agreements to be channelled through representative institutions. However, implementing these ideas will be far from straightforward, and it is unclear whether the EU will be able to prevent the kind of opposition to future trade agreements that it experienced in both the CETA and TTIP cases.
It has become clear, if it wasn’t before, that there is a fundamental choice between pursuing progressive policies and a hard Brexit. Rather than enabling Corbyn’s Britain – the regulations, state aid and nationalisation desired by many on the Left – a hard Brexit could derail these visions. Leaving the EU isn’t just going to consume government and parliament now, it is likely to dominate the next decade, politically and financially constraining any government in the future.
Katainen and Tusk urge the Trump administration to abandon his trade policy plans, showing own leverage in trade politics in order to increase pressure
Trumps Serie von Drohungen diese Woche war ein Doppelschlag. Erstens drohte er damit, nationale Sicherheitszölle auf Stahl und Aluminium zu erheben, vor allem gegen Kanada und Mexiko (zusammen mit Korea und Japan). Dann schlug er eine Alternative vor: Er würde diese Länder freistellen, wenn sie bestimmten Forderungen der USA zustimmen.
Der EuGH entschied in seinem Achmea-Urteil, dass Investitionsschutzabkommen zwischen EU-Staaten mit dem EU-Recht unvereinbar sei. Achmea ist ein deutliches Indiz dafür, dass auch die Investitionsschutz-Vereinbarungen in CETA problematisch für die Autonomie des EU-Rechts sind.
Extended patent protections under Canada’s free trade deal with the European Union could cost the Canadian federal government some $270 million a year, according to a new report by the Parliamentary Budget Officer.
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