Tag: TTIP
In Brief: MEPs say steel, chemicals need longer tariff protection in TTIP
The European parliament’s industry committee issued its recommendations to be included in a report on TTIP scheduled to be adopted in a plenary session early May this year. The recommendations, drafted by Polish MEP Jerzy Buzek, largely endorses TTIP and focuses on issues like US public procurement, small-and-medium sized enterprises, and liberalisation of energy trade.
TTIP: EU business fears US will get to scrutinise more EU regulations than other way round
EU business is irked that Washington and Brussels are planning to discuss regulatory cooperation issues in the transtlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) at federal and EU level only. Business groups say that as a result the EU will have to submit more regulations to US scrutiny than the other way round. Iana Dreyer reports. …
Comment: TTIP negotiations – a long road to Golgotha
If the road to TTIP can be compared to that to Golgotha, trade negotiators in Washington and Brussels are still only at the very bottom of the Via Dolorosa. That’s a conclusion one can draw from the speeches by EU trade commissioner Malmström and US ambassador Anthony Gardner held in …
“Long way to go” on regulatory cooperation talks in TTIP – EU official
Negotiations on regulatory cooperation in TTIP are tough and slow. US demands filed to the EU are not realistic, and insufficient resources are dedicated to the negotiations by governments and regulatory bodies, so an EU official at a recent expert gathering in Paris. Iana Dreyer reports.
In brief: EU Agriculture Commissioner in Washington this week
Phil Hogan, the EU’s agriculture commissioner is in Washington this week. On his agenda: getting the US to lift remaining restrictions of beef exports dating back to the BSE crisis in 1999, and TTIP (geographical indicators, tariffs).
TTIP Round 8 : Market access negotiations kick off as key dividing lines remain
This week, transatlantic trade talks went off to a “fresh start”, as negotiators called this week’s round of negotiations in Brussels “constructive”. But key dividing lines between the EU and the US remain. //
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 …
TTIP – financial services & exact investment provisions key sticking points for businesses
(Edited). Speeches by business representatives at a stakeholder meeting held today in Brussels as the 8th round of TTIP negotiations unfolds in the EU’s capital, reveal a sense of unease regarding to the potential shape of the planned transatlantic trade deal’s services and investment chapters, as the public debate about TTIP becomes less confrontational and more constructive.
TTIP and the European politics of ISDS: what next?
[sh_light_text ]The European Commission decided last week to buy time over investor protection clauses in the planned transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) after it published the largely negative results of a public consultation over the matter. So: what next? Iana Dreyer has gathered the views of a few veterans …
