Category: Trade in Action

TTIP Action | April 30

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US Secretary of State John Kerry speaking at the launch of the Atlantic Council’s Trade and National Security Initiative Speeches & Official Announcements Want to Hold the President Accountable? Then the “Trade Promotion Authority” Bill Is for You. ” Without TPA, Congress can only react to the deal the president puts in front of it. […]

TTIP Action | April 28

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US Chief TTIP Negotiator Dan Mullaney with EU Chief Negotiator Ignacio Garcia Bercero Speeches & Official Announcements Remarks By the President at the Organizing for Action Summit “So if America does not write the rules for trade that are good for us, if we’re not writing the rules of trade for the global economy while […]

TTIP Action | April 23

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Secretary of State John Kerry at the Atlantic Council Speeches & Official Announcements Trade and National Security: Renewing US Leadership Through Economic Strength “2015 is simply not the time for us to decide that trade negotiations are too hard, or somehow vacate the field and let seventy years of lessons from the Great Depression and […]

TTIP Action | April 21

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EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström Speeches & Official Announcements Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 “TPP and T-TIP are critical to American economic security, supporting higher paying jobs here at home while leveling the playing field for US businesses abroad. TPP and T-TIP are vital to our national interests by cementing our […]

TTIP Action | April 14

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MEPs are debating several hundred proposed amendments to TTIP this week at the European Parliament in Brussels. Speeches & Official Announcements 11.7 Million Reasons to Lead on Trade “Currently, around 300,000 small- and medium-sized businesses across the 50 states export to foreign destinations, supporting millions of American jobs. Impressive as they are, these figures only […]

TTIP Action | April 1

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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter makes remarks at the Global Chiefs of Mission Conference at the State Department in Washington, March 26, 2015. He used the occasion to underline the importance of global trade to international peace, prosperity, and US global leadership. Speeches & Official Announcements Secretary of Defense: Trade Enhances US Security “By underwriting and […]

TTIP Action | March 24

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Speeches & Official Announcements Malmström and Froman Discuss Way Forward with TTIP “We have made considerable progress today on how to move further in our negotiations in the field of services, and how to move towards new offers before the tenth round. Both sides have shown a good understanding of each other’s sensitivities.” – Cecilia […]

TTIP Action

Speeches & Official Announcements Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Kenny of Ireland After Bilateral Meeting “There are terrific opportunities for us to further collaborate in creating jobs both in the United States and in Ireland. One of those areas is the potential for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the United States […]