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 …
Internal EU politics
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 – TTIP: the debate is heating up in Germany as public opinion remains hostile
The debate on TTIP is heating up in Germany.
Blog: German public opinion & TTIP – a generational and class divide?
Attitudes to TTIP in Germany reflect a generational and class divide in a rapidly ageing country. The latest opinion poll shows that 65 percent of 30 to 39 year-olds in Germany think the transatlantic trade agreement currently under negotiation is a good thing – in a country where on average only 42 percent of …
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.
EU trade policy: Pascal Lamy hopes for Commission firmness
In an exclusive interview with Borderlex, the former WTO director general, who has also served as European Union trade commissioner and as chef de cabinet of Jacques Delors, architect of the EU’s single market, shared some of his views on the current politics of trade in Brussels. One of his …
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 …
EU trade policy and TTIP: Waiting for Germany
[sh_light_text ]Germany plays a pivotal role when it comes to taking important trade decisions in Brussels. But Berlin isn’t articulating a clear strategy, nor really taking the lead. That means anyone seeking clues to the potential outcome of trade dossiers such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations …
