TTIP – Negotiating while looking the other way
(Photo taken from huffingtonpost.co.uk) by Marco Trifuoggi Once the news of the US Senate denying Trade Promotion Authority to President Obama on started to spread, many began to wonder if that could...
View ArticleTTIP is unlikely to happen anytime soon and here’s why?
by Alexandre Barray Next month, the tenth round of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will take place in Brussels. American and European negotiators hope to...
View ArticleMonday Talk with Fredrik Erixon on TTIP
condacted by Marco Trifuoggi Monday Talk with Fredrik Erixon The postponement of the vote on the T-TIP agreement in the European Parliament on June 10 marks a significant defeat for the supporters of...
View ArticleBeyond TTIP – Europe’s other trade policy
photo source: timesofisrael by Marco Trifuoggi In recent months, the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Agreement (TTIP) between the U.S. and the European Union has been all over the news, mainly...
View ArticleTTIP and the Investment Court System (ICS): too little, too late?
by Marco Trifuoggi On September 16, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström unveiled a new proposal to address the widespread concerns in Europe on the dispute settlement mechanism previously included...
View ArticleThe EU new trade strategy: saving the T-TIP and chasing the TPP
by Marco Trifuoggi On October 14th, the European Commission has unveiled its new trade strategy, Commissioner Malmström’s latest effort to overcome the T-TIP impasse and relaunch EU trade. The text...
View Article“The Logic of Zero”: Boosting SMEs Trade in TTIP
by Maria Salfi The trade benefits from TTIP can be significant, but not necessarily for SMEs. For many SMEs it takes courage to step out of their domestic markets and start exporting. With their...
View ArticleTTIP, investor–state dispute settlement and the rule of law
by Peter Chase Many European citizens are concerned about the concept of investor–state dispute settlement, which is frequently portrayed as giving companies the right to sue governments for lost...
View ArticleHow Donald Trump Could Save EU Foreign Policy
by STEFAN LEHNE, HEATHER GRABBE The EU should take Donald Trump’s arrival as U.S. president as a major wake-up call to upgrade its foreign and security policies. Trump’s comments on foreign policy...
View ArticleTransatlantic Trade Relations: Return to Normal?
by Hanna Deringer, Hosuk Lee-Makiyama Trump’s rhetoric on trade during his election campaign set a bad tone for US trade policy in general, but also for EU-US trade relations. However, his views – or...
View ArticleThe European anti-trade sentiment: a fallacy, not a fact
oday being pro-trade and defending globalisation seem to be out of fashion. After Trump crushed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TTP), and put the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) under his...
View ArticleNGOs in Europe: On Transparency and Double Standards
ransparency is a big and oft-heard word these days in Brussels. Every week dozens of private companies and nonprofits register for the EU’s Transparency Register, a mandatory step in order to obtain...
View ArticlePOLICY BRIEF | Are EU-US trade talks going to fail?
n 15 April 2019, the EU Council of Ministers agreed to resume negotiations on EU-US trade. Only France voted against and Belgium abstained from voting. According to POLITICO, the “agreement in...
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