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.
Das Vorgehen von Präsident Donald Trump in der vergangenen Woche beendet die Führung der Vereinigten Staaten im Bereich des liberalen Handels und könnte einen globalen Handelskrieg mit schwerwiegenden Folgen auslösen.
Katainen and Tusk urge the Trump administration to abandon his trade policy plans, showing own leverage in trade politics in order to increase pressure
Prominent EU actors urge for a new trade deal with the US, witnessing a concurrence relation with the post-Brexit UK concerning trade agreements with the USA
Reviews the critical influence of right-wing think tanks on the Tory government (e.g. Liam Fox), which are pushing for a libertarian UK-US-trade agenda after brexit
resident Donald Trump is willing to reopen negotiations with the European Union over the stalled Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement, which stalled following his election, according to U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
LIAM FOX unpicked Jeremy Corbyn's long-awaited Brexit plan with a single sentence as the Brexiteer claimed Labour's policy would leave the UK bound to the EU, with even less power than before.
The European Union has distanced from the idea of renewing its large-scale Free Trade Agreement with the United States as part of Brussels’s efforts to secure a permanent exclusion from the aluminum and steel import duties.
BBC host Nick Robinson slapped down Michel Barnier as he prepares to dismiss calls from Chancellor Philip Hammond's calls to include British financial services in the bespoke trade agreement between London and Brussels.
Chancellor Philip Hammond said on Wednesday that the UK would negotiate a "unique" Brexit agreement which includes financial services, just hours after EU negotiators rejected the possibility of such a deal.
"It is possible to include financial services within a trade deal but that it is very much in our mutual interest to do so," Hammond said.
Hammond's speech comes within hours of European Council president Donald Tusk saying such a deal was "out of the question".
A total of 60 civil society organisations from Indonesia and Europe have signed a joint statement laying out serious concerns with the EU-Indonesia trade agreement. These behind-closed-doors trade negotiations - like CETA and TTIP - jeopardise an equitable and just future.
Trade deals TTIP and CETA are particularly controversial in Germany, where they have been met with fierce resistance. As negotiators continue to try and form a new government, the Socialists may come out on the losing side on trade policy. EURACTIV Germany reports.
If Donald Trump has his way then a “very big and exciting” trade deal between the US and UK is imminent. However, it often takes years to negotiate tariff
The City’s top financial watchdog has said there is no reason why financial services should be excluded from a post-Brexit free trade agreement between the UK and the EU.
The French minister for foreign affairs has stated that if the US administration follows through with the country’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement the negotiations about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTip) will not be successful.
The EU recently proposed a single trade agreement with the United States, so there is no reason it cannot have one with the UK post-Brexit, according to the chief executive of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
The European Union will no longer make trade deals with the United States if President Trump follows through on withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, according to a French official whose comments were endorsed by the European Commission. The United States would be excluded.
EU and Japan finalise world’s biggest bilateral trade deal -EU lockert Vorschriften für Lebensmittelimporte aus Fukushima für Freihandelsabkommen mit Japan
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.
Uncertainty grows about trade deal with the EU that some in the US felt would be more important to its interests than a post-Brexit deal with Theresa May
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will travel to France for high-level meetings next week to press American economic goals including reducing the trade deficit, his office announced Thursday.
Donald Trump’s top trade official has opened the door to reviving negotiations with the EU but warned the bloc it would be in competition with China and Japan to show willingness to do the first deal with the new US administration.
Our recent presidential election brought about a rare accord between the progressive and the populist fronts in rejecting the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. I have no problem with the rejection of a trade agreement that focuses primarily on the interests of transnational corporations, international financial centers, agribusiness and giant chemical companies and raises many questions about how it may serve the interests of the overwhelming majority of people in our country.
Recent declarations from the White House risk souring the long-standing economic friendship between Europe and the United States, writes Ilaria Maselli.
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.
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.
The EU is right to pursue a free trade agreement with Japan which should form part of a wider "pivot to Asia" policy that would open up more markets in Southeast Asia, Patrick Messerlin, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Sciences Po Paris and Chairman of European Centre for International Political Economy's Steering Committee, told Radio Sputnik.
More than 100 French left-wing politicians have signed a motion demanding the controversial EU-Canada trade deal - CETA - be referred to the country's Constitutional Court over what they say is an issue of sovereignty.
EU Ambassador to the United States David O'Sullivan stated that while the European Union is ready to continue discussions on the matter of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) if the Trump administration is interested, at the moment there is no one to talk with.
A deal to further harmonize and mutually recognize good manufacturing practice (GMP) inspections between the US and EU has run into a speed bump, as the EU ambassador to the US said Wednesday that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is in a state of pause as there is no one within President Donald Trump’s administration with whom to continue discussions.
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.
While President Donald Trump has trained most of his protectionist fire at China and Mexico, the European Union is America’s biggest trading partner. U.S. lawmakers are considering a border tax on corporations, which could complicate the world’s biggest bilateral trading relationship.
Strasbourg — The European Parliament approved a landmark free-trade agreement with Canada, shoring up Europe’s market-opening clout in the face of a populist surge across the continent and US President Donald Trump’s protectionist tilt.
After decades, the transatlantic partnership between the U.S. and Germany finally shows signs of weakening. That could open the door for Russia to become an important German partner.
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.
As EU politicians prepare to vote on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada this week, the Commission has launched an interactive guide to show Europeans how it would boost trade and jobs without compromising food safety and quality.
Under President Donald Trump, Europeans must prepare for some turbulent times in trans-Atlantic relations. The president has made clear his concerns about the European Union — he is a vocal supporter of Brexit and believes that others will leave, especially in the wake of the 2015 refugee crisis. In his New York Times interview, he even charged the E.U. with using environmental regulations to impede one of his developments in Ireland.
The new administration has introduced Washington to a new mantra on trade. Complicated multilateral trade deals, such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership or NAFTA, are a thing of the past. “No longer will we enter into these massive deals, with many countries, that are thousands of pages long — and which no one from our country even reads or understands,” President Trump promised on the campaign trail.
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.
The Greens-European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament has published its resolution calling on the controversial Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which they say may "undermine European democracy."
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 European Union still sees some chance of reviving the stalled U.S.-European trade deal known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), European Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen said on Monday.
The E.U. Commission still sees some chance of reviving the stalled U.S.-European trade deal known as TTIP. That's despite Donald Trump making it abundantly clear how he feels about open markets and free trade.
THE government was accused yesterday of denying MPs a debate on a widely criticised international trade deal that would let corporations take over Britain’s public services.
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 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.
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 Animal Party Cyprus said it supports a European-wide campaign to stop the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
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.
These kinds of policies contributed to mass unemployment, the rise of fascism and the Second World War – the whole world will be the poorer for what President Trump has done
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.
The European Parliament Committee on International Trade has approved the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the EU Parliament said Tuesday.
With Theresa May indicating that Britain's future lies outside the EU single market and Donald Trump signalling his desire for a quick US-UK trade deal, the likelihood of a future deal with America has shot up the agenda. But, in line with Barack Obama's warning, the "back of the queue" may be the best place when it comes to a deal with Trump's America.
THE future of the controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the US and EU has been thrown into doubt, hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as President
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 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.
U.S and European Union officials on Tuesday detailed the litany of unfinished business in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations, which face an uncertain future as the Obama administration prepares to hand the baton to President-elect Donald Trump this week.
A quietly downplayed or ignored element in that now-infamous intelligence dossier is the impact Russia's election interference has had influencing trade policy.
Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and United States Trade Representative Michael Froman have today published a joint assessment of the progress made in the negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) since negotiations started in July 2013.
Under TTIP and CETA, we've already seen protections sacrificed including dropping legislation on so-called 'gender-bending' chemicals, for the first time allowing the entry of meat washed in lactic acid, and diluting climate change legislation to allow tar sands oil to enter Europe – and the deals haven't even come into effect yet
The reaction in the EU to Donald Trump’s election was largely negative, as several political figures expressed concern at the consequences of a Trump presidency for Europe.
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.
After decades of steadily increasing globalisation, trade liberalisation has slowed to a standstill. In the United States, Congress has delayed ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) indefinitely. And negotiations around the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) have ground to a halt.
The EU-US negotiations to reach a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) with the EU’s largest export partner remain vexed. Secretary of State John Kerry optimistically hoped to reach an agreement by the end of the year. With a seemingly protectionist President-elect and public concern in Europe, it is difficult to see how progress will be made until we know more about Trump in office and the outcome of French and German national elections, writes Catherine Feore.
Social Democratic leader Sigmar Gabriel has made some controversial decisions during his time as vice-chancellor and economics minister. In a speech on Monday morning, he explained his policies and highlight his successes.
European trade policy is currently undergoing a crisis. There is only a small chance of saving both the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) being negotiated with the United States and the final ratification of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada is still uncertain as well.
Despite the clear dangers posed by CETA, Liam 'Take Back Control' Fox has already signed the UK up to the deal, wilfully bypassing UK parliamentary scrutiny along the way.
TiSA is under negotiation between the U.S., the EU, Japan and 21 other countries, which together comprise two-thirds of the world’s economy. TiSA is the brainchild of Wall Street banks that want to stop new financial regulations and begin rolling back the relatively mild safeguards adopted after the 2007 financial crisis. But TiSA would also have a devastating impact on environmental and public health policy.
US president-elect Donald Trump's antipathy towards global trade deals - such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) - may have won plaudits from their opponents, but may play into the hands of US big business, analysts have predicted.
Read more: https://sputniknews.com/europe/201612131048509549-tpp-ttip-trade-trump/
Climate change, and its attendant injustices, cannot be tackled without fundamentally challenging the economic system. A system that serves the interests of -- and has been shaped and perpetuated by -- the richest and most powerful. This includes a trading system that is exploitative of people and of the planet, and which was formed on the basis of a far-from-level playing field.
An oil and gas exploration company is seeking $2.7 billion in damages from the Victorian Government after the state moved to ban fracking, saying the decision was "unlawful"
We are told that Britain is first in the queue for trade deals with Donald Trump’s USA; just as we’re told that the “special relationship” is as strong as ever.