This autumn will be a moment of truth for the EU’s trade policy – as for the EU as a whole. At the end of this year, we will have two answers: whether the EU can still credibly sign international agreements, and whether the EU can cope with the tremendous …
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Comment: “TTIP failed”: is Sigmar Gabriel right?
The media is all abuzz about Sigmar Gabriel’s statement made during a conversation with the press over the week-end that “TTIP has failed”, not least because of US demands which the EU cannot accept. How credible is that statement? Is TTIP “dead”? No, Sigmar Gabriel is simply doing domestic politics, …
Eurobarometer: Support for TTIP continues to slide
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
TTIP: European business alliance in call for “constructive approach”
Creative thinking is needed to make progress in TTIP, business groups say. The Business Alliance for TTIP, which includes the European Small Business Alliance, the European Round Table, the European Services Forum, Business Europe, the Trans-Atlantic Business Council, Eurocommerce, Eurochambres and AmChamEU, is calling for tangible progress in TTIP …
