EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said the Commission intended to continue negotiating the transatlantic trade agreement TTIP despite calls from some EU member states to halt the talks. Washington and some capitals in the EU hope to finalise the three year old talks by the end of the year. …
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CETA: Commission caves in to member state political pressure, declares deal is ‘mixed’
The Commission’s intentions to declare CETA an EU-only agreement, loudly announced last week by President Jean-Claude Juncker, have backfired. Amidst a pushback from powerful member states, including France and Germany, the Commission has decided to declare CETA “mixed” and prioritised its coming into force provisionally as early as possible. …
CETA ratification saga: EPP endorses Commission view – France ready to block
The CETA ratification saga continues unfolding. There’s been a stir since Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced on Wednesday that the Commission would put the Canada EU trade deal CETA to the member states next week with the suggestion that it is a deal that falls under the exclusive competence of …
Chances of TTIP conclusion this year waning as France pulls brakes
The outcome of the United Kingdom referendum of 23 June 2016 on its relationship with the EU is clear: priority is now to sort out the situation, and not finalising the flagship transatlantic trade deal TTIP currently under negotiations on both sides of the Atlantic. Brexit also means the French are ready …
Comment – France and EU trade policy: no longer the ‘non’ sayer
France is developing a trade policy strategy. It is no longer your good old EU naysayer on trade. By Iana Dreyer.
Blog: French and German governments on COM ISDS proposals & Berlin call for priority to national courts
Quick views on how France and in particularly Germany have responded to this week’s proposals from Brussels on how to address investor-to-state disputes in TTIP. By Iana Dreyer.
Eurobarometer: who’s for and against TTIP in EU
The latest Eurobarometer poll results reveal that fifty-eight percent of European Union citizens support the idea of a transatlantic trade and investment agreement (TTIP), while a quarter of the surveyed are against. Last autumn, the European polling agency asked Europeans whether they were ‘for’ or ‘against’ what it termed ‘a free trade and …
After Malmström in Berlin – German government not likely to oppose ISDS in CETA and TTIP
After European trade commissioner Malmström’s visit to Berlin on Monday, the likelihood that the Canada-EU trade deal (CETA) finalised last September will be derailed because of German opposition to its investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clauses appears extremely low. So are the odds that Germany will oppose ISDS in the ongoing transatlantic trade and investment partnership …
