‘Negotiations with the U.S. have de facto failed, because of course as Europeans we couldn’t allow ourselves to submit to American demands’ By Nika Knight, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 8-28-2016 Germany’s Vice Chancellor and Economic Minister said that the controversial Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has “de facto failed,” admitting that negotiations […]
The secret documents represent roughly two-thirds of the latest negotiating text, and in several cases expose for the first time the position of the U.S. By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 5-2-2016 Confirming that the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) amounts to “a huge transfer of power from people to big […]
Sitting next to Chancellor Angela Merkel during a summit in Germany, U.S. president continued to ignore opponents as he defended controversial agreement with European nations By Jon Queally, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 4-24-2016 Despite the tens of thousands of people who marched against the deal in Germany ahead of his arrival and the […]
EU trade officials soothed the oil giant as it fretted about new regulations popping up in Global South By Lauren McCauley, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 2-23-2016 Newly released documents show that, in back-room talks, European officials assured ExxonMobil that the pending US-EU trade agreement would force the removal of regulatory “obstacles” worldwide, thus […]
‘The ability to enact effective and fair tax systems to finance vital public services is one of the defining features of sovereignty,’ says Global Justice Now—one that is threatened by corporate trade deals By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 2-15-2016 Even with global inequality at historic highs and corporate tax evasion in […]
New documents underscore ‘the corporate nature of the deal and its devastating consequences for climate change’ By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 11-27-2015 Amid warnings that the proposed TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) could undermine global attempts to rein in runaway climate change, new documents reveal that EU trade officials gave […]
As EU-US trade talks flounder, France doesn’t rule out ‘an outright termination of negotiations’ Written by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 9-28-2015. While public opposition to the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)—the massive proposed “trade” deal between the European Union and the United States—has grown steadily since negotiations started two years ago, new signs suggest […]
Physicians say national health service faces lawsuits, bullying, and privatization under contentious trade pact By Lauren McCauley, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published June 23, 2015. Doctors in the United Kingdom are warning that passage of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will mean certain death for the country’s public healthcare system, opening the […]
Faced with a possible shock rejection of TTIP by MEPs, Brussels simply cancelled the vote this week – and now Washington moves swiftly to speed up the publicly unpopular trade deal. By Molly Scott-Cato. Published June 11, 2015 at openDemocracy. For a while there, it looked like the EU/US TTIP deal – the monumental power […]
For the sake of our food and its impact on our environment, TTIP needs to be stopped. Written by Magda Stoczkiewicz. Published February 26, 2015 in OpenDemocracy. For a decade, dozens of trade deals have been negotiated, signed and implemented without garnering much public attention in Europe. So what is it about the EU-US trade deal, currently […]