Trade & TTIP Related

09 Feb
Member News, Trade & TTIP Related

Canceling or Renegotiating Trade Agreements: How does that work

By Jeremiah Baronberg Previously published on bluestarstrategies.com see here During the recent U.S. presidential campaign, Donald Trump made reshaping America’s involvement in international economic affairs a centerpiece of his platform. As a candidate, he specifically called out international trade—from abandoned factories to lost jobs and competitive wages—as a locus for many of the economic and societal challenges facing the country. Since being elected president, Mr. Trump has gone so far as to threaten to "tear up" or renegotiate existing U.S. free...

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07 Feb
Member News, Trade & TTIP Related

A trade plan that keeps the US open and workers safe? It’s possible.

By Karen Tramontano,  opinion contributor, previously published at thehill.com see here During the presidential campaign and in the months after the election, Donald Trump Team Trump should get in the union-busting business Green Party blasts Dems on DeVos confirmation Why the Iranian people support a tougher policy toward Tehran MORE made clear his intention to reshape America’s approach to international economic affairs. This included renegotiating or withdrawing the United States from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the 1994 pact signed...

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03 Feb
Chapter News, Trade & TTIP Related

EU must seek new trade deals if U.S. looks inward: Eurogroup president

The European Union will have to establish new trading partnerships if its traditional economic and political ally the United States heads down a path of protectionism, Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Tuesday. "We don't yet know if that is going to happen," Dijsselbloem told the RTL broadcaster. "Europe must not sit back and blindly wait for what happens in the United States, but move ahead itself, also in the area of trade." Dijsselbloem's comments came amid a backlash in the...

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19 Jan
Chapter News, Trade & TTIP Related

U.S.-EU Joint Report on T-TIP Progress to Date

The EU and the United States have made considerable progress in negotiating a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) agreement since the negotiations were launched in July 2013.   During that period, the economic and strategic rationale for an agreement between the world’s two largest advanced industrial economies has only grown stronger.  T-TIP would increase the exports and investment flows that fuel our economies and support high-quality jobs on both sides of the Atlantic.  It would also enable the EU and...

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17 Jan
Chapter News, Trade & TTIP Related

EU and US publish TTIP state of play assessment

Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and United States Trade Representative Michael Froman have today published a joint assessment of the progress made in the negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) since negotiations started in July 2013. Commissioner Malmström said: "As discussed with Member States at the last Trade Council in November, this assessment aims to outline and summarize where things stand in the EU-US trade talks, building on our established policy of increased transparency in these negotiations. The...

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20 Oct
Chapter News, Trade & TTIP Related

After CETA: the EU trade agreements that are in the pipeline

EU countries are considering signing the free trade agreement with Canada this month, but the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) is far from the only deal the EU is working on. Various deals are being negotiated all over the globe, but they can only enter into force if the European Parliament approves them. Read on for an overview of negotiations in progress and a discussion of how it works. Types of agreements The EU has different types of agreements in place...

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12 Oct
Chapter News, Trade & TTIP Related

Opening Remarks by U.S. and EU Chief Negotiators for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) Round 15 Press Conference

Chief Negotiator for the United States Dan Mullaney: We were very pleased to host our EU colleagues for the 15th Round of T-TIP negotiations here in New York City, which, as the location of some of the world’s busiest air and seaports, is a living testament to the importance of trade, especially across the Atlantic. We have heard some skeptical voices about T-TIP lately, but I want to emphasize that the United States remains fully engaged in these negotiations and...

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30 Sep
Chapter News, Trade & TTIP Related

U.S. Department of Commerce Report Demonstrates Exports to Free Trade Agreement Partners Support American Jobs

The U.S. Department of Commerce today issued its Jobs Supported by Export Destination 2015 report showing that U.S. goods exports to current free trade agreement partners supported more than 3 million jobs in 2015, an increase of more than 22 percent since 2009. U.S. goods and services exports to our North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners – Canada and Mexico – alone accounted for nearly one out of four jobs supported by exports. “This report clearly shows how American...

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29 Sep
Chapter News, Trade & TTIP Related

Trans-Atlantic Trade at the Crossroads: Prospects for TTIP in 2016 and Beyond

Trade ministers from European Union member states will convene in Bratislava, Slovakia later this week to discuss the fate of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The goal of the summit is to assess whether negotiations are in an advanced enough state to enter the so-called end-game, in which the United States and European Union would resolve remaining differences and agree upon final texts. EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman maintain that successful...

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