TTIP is coming.
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The upcoming TTIP trade agreement could force EU to liberalise GM regulations such as labelling.
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The full text of the TPP trade deal is now public and offers some worrying lessons for how TTIP could turn out.
About 98% of US exporters are small businesses.
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The signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership belies the fact that the US’s share of trade in the region has been declining for some time.
TTIP has stumbled on a block of Feta, among other things.
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The US may be closer than people think to a deal over geographical indications, laws that protect products based on their location such as Champagne, Darjeeling tea and prosciutto di Parma.
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An important sticking point in TTIP negotiations has US and European representatives fighting over food labels.
Pressure building.
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There’s plenty of noise but also some genuine concerns about how the TTIP trade agreement could force healthcare privatisation.
The president offers a toast to Congress.
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The fight over fast-track that pitted the president against his own party offers reasons for both pessimism and optimism in future trade deals.
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
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The Global South will be left out in the cold if trade deals go ahead.
Unimpressed MEPs take a stand on TTIP.
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MEPs are fuming that they were denied a debate on the controversial trade deal.
Too big for their boots?
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The modern corporation is made up of people, but we have created monsters whose powers now far exceed that which were originally envisioned.
Fast-track proponents say passing trade promotion authority is key to supporting US exports.
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Passage of trade promotion authority is still far from certain, but yesterday’s Senate vote may signal good news for the trade deals it’s meant to help.
Bad acronym, bad treaty.
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Why everyone should be worried about TTIP and CETA.
Senator Warren has had pointed words on the subject of TPA.
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While the Obama Administration vociferously disagrees, Trade Promotion Authority opens the door to watering down financial reform.
Lib Dems are surprisingly reticent on EU.
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Clegg’s party has difficulty painting a positive picture of the EU.
President Obama wants to get on the fast track. Will Congress give it to him?
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The bill in Congress represents a healthy compromise that gives the president negotiating room while offering lawmakers more say on key trade issues.
Will negotiators play a game of chicken or be able to clink champagne glasses over a nice chicken dinner?
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Much is at stake as negotiators meet in New York this week in hopes of aligning disparate transatlantic regulations.
Long-discussed, TTIP negotiations started in 2013.
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The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership will be the world’s biggest free trade agreement. But what’s at stake?
Not all it’s cracked up to be.
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Don’t believe the hype about free trade, there are zero guarantees it will make us better off.
The heart of the matter. The container port at Long Beach.
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Efforts to build a more effective trading regime between Europe and the USA can reasonably be called positive, both for growth and the ease of doing business. Currently, however, negotiations include proposals…
The anti-globalisation brigade could scupper TTIP if we’re not careful.
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Friday October 3 marked the conclusion of the seventh round of negotiations in the “Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership” (TTIP), the free-trade deal being negotiated between the US and EU. The…