[sh_light_text ] The Energy Post, the debating platform on EU energy policy, has published two opinion articles discussing whether the planned transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) is good or bad for the climate. Take a plunge into the arguments and counter-arguments put forward by two eminent analysts, Ilana Salomon from the Sierra …
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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 …
INTA Committee Chief sets ‘red lines’ for TTIP – ahead of EP rentrée
As the European parliament (EP) goes back to work after its summer recess, Bernd Lange, the head of the EP’s international trade committee, made explicit his ‘red lines’ for the ongoing transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) negotiations. He added that he would settle for a much less ambitious trade deal than the one currently …
Blog: The reality of precaution in the US and EU
The EU and the US do not significantly differ in their approach to regulation of health and environmental risks. Sometimes the US’ regulations are more stringent than in the EU. Over the last decades, both regulatory systems have in fact cross-fertilised each other. These facts were highlighted in a short …
Transatlantic trade talks cast doubt on EU-Turkey customs union future
[sh_light_text ]Could Turkey’s customs union with the European Union fall victim to the ongoing transatlantic trade talks? The launch of TTIP by Brussels and Washington last year has led to new tensions between Turkey and the EU over their current trade arrangements. Iana Dreyer explores the issue.[/sh_light_text]
TTIP – Industry makes concrete proposals on technical regulations amidst increasingly shrill political debate
[sh_light_text ]Negotiations on the planned transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) are being held this week in Brussels. Among the many issues discussed, ensuring that technical regulations on safety, health and environment do not become unnecessary barriers to trade is one of the most important. This is technically demanding and politically …
Editor’s Comment: TTIP and Europe’s energy question
[sh_light_text ]Energy trade has become an important topic of discussion around the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations. The crisis in Ukraine, Europe’s own energy crisis, and the US shale revolution have given the issue particular salience. Although TTIP can contribute to improving the EU’s energy challenges, it will certainly …
News update: 5th TTIP negotiating round moved talks from form to substance – liberalisation slow in coming
[sh_light_text ]Negotiators of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) met in Washington on May 19 to 23 for a fifth round of talks as the EU prepared for this week-end’s European Parliament elections and the US President faces mounting domestic opposition to his trade agenda. Iana Dreyer provides an …
Editor’s comments: Leaked document on oil, gas & raw materials in TTIP – What’s behind the non-news
[sh_light_text ]A “leaked” EU Commission negotiating text on energy trade in TTIP has made the headlines this week, and is being accused of promoting fracking, the controversial technique to produce shale gas, and US crude oil exports. Iana Dreyer explains why the real secret in this matter is that there is no secret. …
Blog: What do poor countries have to fear from TPP and TTIP?
The mega-regional trade deals that are currently being negotiated by the United States (TPP, Transpacific Partnership Agreement) and the EU (TTIP, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) are a game aimed at bringing big emerging markets such as Brazil, India, China to the trade negotiating table after a dozen years of …
