Support for TTIP in the EU remains strong, but continues to decline, the latest Eurobarometer shows. Divisions between PRO and anti TTIP countries sharpen. The EU has been polling citizens on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership since 2014. The latest round of polls shows a significant slide in …
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Doubts Trump as president would pull US out of WTO
Should the Republican candidate Donald Trump become the next US president, he would face significant obstacles back home in fulfilling his pledge to pull his country out of the WTO, analysts say. For the EU, whether Trump or Hillary Clinton becomes president, talking trade and TTIP with the US won’t …
Brexit: US clarifies EU 27 needs to up TTIP game, UK needs to wait for deal
Updated on 26/07/13h44 CET. Well, “told you so“? Now that the United Kingdom its on its way out from the EU, the US is increasing its demands on the EU 27 in the transatlantic TTIP talks. With a quarter of the EU’s GDP gone, the bloc needs to make …
Trade: the EU’s rising exposure to pressure and blackmail
The EU’s trade policy is being renationalised under the pressure of national governments seeking to regain control over an exclusive competence of the EU and of Brexit. The European bloc is thereby becoming increasingly exposed to new political pressures and blackmail at home and abroad. A pamphlet by Iana Dreyer.
“Unravelling CETA” campaign in EU Parliament
A group of 8 MEPs from the centre and far left have launched a campaign against CETA called Unravelling CETA. The MEPs are from France, led by maverick French socialist Emmanuel Maurel, Italy, Greece, Spain, and Germany. The objectives of the campaign are not set out clearly, but the …
TiSA,TTIP: EU and US battle over “new services”
USTR is stepping up its offensive moves to get the interests of its competitive digital industry heard in international trade talks. The EU has already been feeling the heat in TiSA and TTIP as transatlantic negotiations move from Geneva to Brussels this week. New services are among the key issues …
CETA: Business group calls for provisional application
EU member states are considering whether to allow the Canada trade agreement CETA to come into force provisionally after the Council and the Parliament have ratified it. Not doing so would be a significant break with previous practice, which has so far involved provisional application those parts of ‘mixed’ trade …
TTIP after Round 14: not quite endgame yet
The EU and the US have finalised their fourteenth round of negotiations over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership this week in Brussels with a sense of genuine progress. While the outline of the deal starts becoming visible, reaching ‘endgame’ to conclude the deal in 2016 remains a technical …
CETA – Now official : investment outside provisional application
The Slovak government has made clear that investment provisions of CETA will not be applied before all 28 member states ratify the deal. The Canadian trade deal concluded by the EU continues to be a hot potato in EU trade politics. It is the Slovak government, at the helm of the …
In brief: Mid week TTIP update
This is TTIP week in Brussels. Below mid-week bits and pieces of updates. In this fourteenth round of talks in rainy Belgium negotiators are ploughing through thousands of pages of texts with the aim to have an outline of the final TTIP agreement in place. For those familiar with …
