Category: Trade in Action

TTIP, the new European Commission, and the vote on Scottish Independence

  Who’s Who & Who’s New?With so many recent and upcoming changes to the core of the European government, TTIP Action will introduce several key figures, their portfolios, and their role in the EU over the course of the next several weeks. Today’s edition introduces Bernd Lange, the new chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee […]

What does the selection of the new European Commission mean for TTIP?

Who’s Who & Who’s New?Now that incoming European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has announced the proposed composition of the next Commission, TTIP Action will introduce several of the new commissioners, their portfolios, and their role in the European Union over the course of the next several weeks. Today’s edition introduces Cecilia Malmström, the incoming commissioner […]

News on TTIP and the need for a new European Economic Strategy

Big Cities Benefit from Free Trade – so why are Democrats Stalling it?In her article, Nina Easton wonders why some labor unions are still opposing the conclusion of TTIP and TPP when it is exports that has been boosting post-recession economic gains and job growth in big cities. Data shows that, in the first two […]

TTIP – A Transatlantic Agreement in a New Phase of Globalization

By Marie Kasperek

On September 8, Italian vice–minister for Trade Carlo Calenda presented the priorities of the Italian Presidency of the European Council of Ministers to the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee. He was joined by US Ambassador to the EU Gardner who was invited to speak on the state of the transatlantic relationship and TTIP in particular.

TTIP’s Geostrategic Implications and the New European Commission

Why Trade Matters This great report is an excellent overview of the economic and strategic foundation of “an ambitious domestic and global trade agenda” for the United States, written by former Deputy US Trade Representative Miriam Sapiro. The underlying rationale of the paper is that it is imperative for the United States to strengthen its […]

Back to Work: Europe Appoints New Leaders and NATO’s Historic Summit

  After a Busy August, Time to Get to WorkAfter an August of so many crises and so little time, September promises to be a busy one in both the US and EU. Europe has a newly-elected president of the European Council and a new High Representative for Foreign Affairs in Donald Tusk and Federica […]

Latest on TTIP as Europe’s Attention turns to the New Commission

Discussing the Future of Transatlantic Dialogue on Data Privacy with Dr. Günter KringsAmerican Institute for Contemporary German Studies’ President Dr. Jackson Janes met with Dr. Günter Krings, Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of the Interior, to talk about improving future transatlantic dialogue on data privacy issues. Referring to the recent NSA affairs, […]

News on TTIP and an Analysis of the Central Bank Symposium at Jackson Hole

A less Dovish Yellen, a more Dovish DraghiThe Economist’s analysis of the recently-completed Jackson Hole Central Bank symposium, compares the position of Mario Draghi from the European Central Bank to the one of Janet Yellen, chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. Originally arguing in line with the dovish view that there […]

The Local Debate about TTIP in Several European Countries

TTIP – Debate: European Goals and FearsIn this video from Deutsche Welle, an international German broadcaster, Olaf Böhnke, head of the Berlin Office of the European Council on Foreign Affairs is interviewed on the European goals and fears about TTIP. Böhnke says that even though agriculture and food safety issues currently make the headlines in […]

Latest News on TTIP and Europe’s “Greater Depression”

Some Little Things You Should Know About TTIPDr. Reinhold Festge, president of the German Engineering Association, writes for EurActiv to underline that TTIP is about setting global standards together across the Atlantic rather than lowering safety provisions on either side of the Ocean. Using the example of small and medium-sized engineering enterprises in Germany, and […]