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EU trade chief says no support in Europe for comprehensive US trade deal
8-Mar-2019 Reuters
The European Union will not support a comprehensive trade deal with the United States that includes agriculture, the EU’s top trade negotiator said, so she is working toward a narrower deal focused on industrial goods and automobiles.
US ambassador defends farming record on chicken and beef
7-Mar-2019 BBC
The UK should accept American meat as part of a post-Brexit trade deal, says US ambassador to the UK .
New EU-US trade talks next week in Washington
4-Mar-2019 Business Standard
The European Commission is hoping to obtain a mandate from European member countries to begin negotiating a trade deal limited to industrial goods.
Concern over food safety as US seeks greater access to UK markets
1-Mar-2019 The Guardian
US sets out aims for post-Brexit trade deal amid fears about chicken and beef standards.
US-UK FTA: Summary of specific negotiating objectives (US, Feb 2019)
1-Mar-2019 Office of the US Trade Representative
As released by the Office of the US Trade Representative
Robert Lighthizer says trade talks with Japan likely to start in March
1-Mar-2019 Japan Times
The United States and Japan will likely launch trade talks in March, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said, suggesting the dialogue would begin earlier than had been anticipated.
Chevron Vs Ecuador: international arbitration & impunity (ISDS case)
27-Feb-2019 Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity
In February of 2011 the Ecuadorian Courts delivered an historic verdict, sentencing the Big Oil Corporation Chevron to pay US$9,500 million dollars for its contamination of the Ecuadorian Amazon (1964-1992). However, Chevron hit back via the Investor-State Dispute Settlement system and sued Ecuador.
Japan, US likely to launch trade talks in April or May
26-Feb-2019 The Mainichi
Japan and the United States will likely launch trade talks in April or May, later than initially planned, as Washington needs to focus first on ongoing negotiations with Beijing to settle a tariff war.
The post-TTIP transatlantic cooperation on trade: Stepping up conformity assessment
26-Feb-2019 EJIL: Talk!
Conformity assessment cooperation does not imply cooperation on the content of regulatory disciplines, making it a less ambitious mechanism than as had been initially intended under the TTIP.
Canada ordered to pay US concrete company $7M in NAFTA case
26-Feb-2019 CBC
Long-running case began after New Jersey company’s bid to open a quarry in Nova Scotia rejected in 2007
TTIP rises from the grave?
25-Feb-2019 The Ecologist
There should be no trade negotiations with countries that are not even willing to sign up to the minimal commitments of the Paris Agreement. Global commitments towards stopping climate change must come before the interests of the car industry lobbyists.
Revealed: How dark money is winning ‘the Brexit influencing game’
23-Feb-2019 Open Democracy
Documents show the “unfettered” access to ministers and senior politicians enjoyed by secretive think tanks that are “marching the country” to a no-deal Brexit and radical free-trade deals.
How drug prices could derail new trade pact to replace NAFTA
22-Feb-2019 USA Today
Democrats in Congress contend that the new pact would force Americans to pay more for prescription drugs, and their argument has dimmed the outlook for one of Trump’s signature causes.
Moroccan exporters: free trade with US did not profit Morocco
22-Feb-2019 Morocco World News
The free trade agreement between Morocco and the US has not been beneficial to Moroccan exporters, given the size of the US market and the complex procedures yet unfamiliar to Moroccan companies.
TTIP reloaded: big business calls the shots on new EU-US trade talks
21-Feb-2019 CEO
Corporate lobby groups roam the corridors of EU negotiators working to set the agenda for the talks with the US, while the European Commission covers over its links with big business.
USDA to send trade mission in April
21-Feb-2019 Taipei Times
The US has long criticized Taiwan’s zero-tolerance policy regarding meat product imports and views Taiwan’s ractopamine ban as a trade barrier.
EU committee shelves climate concerns to open US trade talks
20-Feb-2019 Climate Home News
The committee of the European Parliament for international trade endorsed opening trade talks with the US.
EU trade with Trump would undermine international climate commitments
18-Feb-2019 Friends of the Earth Europe
Three years ago, widespread protests took place across Europe against a planned trade deal between the EU and the US. It was eventually halted. EU governments are now planning to agree terms to start negotiating a new transatlantic trade deal.
Here’s what US lobbyists want Donald Trump to get from a post-Brexit trade deal
11-Feb-2019 Huffington Post
Big firms want Donald Trump to play hard ball over the NHS, food quality and consumer rights.
US investors demand $96m for loss of Rwanda contracts
11-Feb-2019 The East African
A group of US investors have taken Rwanda to an international court, seeking compensation of $95 million after the government seized their mining concessions, effectively denying them operating licences.