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Jan 27, 2015

Pham Testifies on Boko Haram, Nigerian Elections

By Africa Center

J. Peter Pham, Director of the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, testified at a House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on “Nigeria on the Brink?”

Economy & Business Nigeria

Trade in Action

Jan 26, 2015

Missing the Mark: TTIP Negotiators Must Stop Putting Form over Function

By Global Business & Economics Program

 President Obama first introduced the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) in a State of the Union speech two years ago. Although policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic agree that TTIP would improve the economy, create jobs, and help small and medium-sized enterprises expand exports while increasing consumers’ choices, negotiations have made little progress. […]

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Jan 22, 2015

TTIP Action | January 22

By Global Business & Economics Program

  TTIP and the State of the Union Address “21st century businesses, including small businesses, need to sell more American products overseas. Today, our businesses export more than ever, and exporters tend to pay their workers higher wages. But as we speak, China wants to write the rules for the world’s fastest-growing region. That would […]

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Jan 20, 2015

TTIP Action | January 20

By Global Business & Economics Program

Speeches & Official Announcements Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron of the UK in Joint Press Conference “We agreed that 2015 should be a pivotal year for an ambitious and comprehensive EU-US trade deal which could benefit the average household in Britain by 400 pounds a year. The UK is now the top […]

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Jan 15, 2015

TTIP Action | January 15

By Global Business & Economics Program

Representatives of the US TTIP negotiating team are traveling to Brussels this week to set the ground work for their upcoming negotiations in the next official Round, in early February. The “Fresh Start” that Commissioner Malmström and Ambassador Froman have promised is about to begin in earnest. Following the release of dozens of EU negotiating […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

Trade in Action

Jan 15, 2015

TTIP Action | January 13

By Global Business & Economics Program

The European Commission Presents the Results of its Investment Protection Consultation The European Commission published its analysis of the almost 150,000 replies to its online consultation on investment protection and investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in TTIP. Topics addressed included questions about safeguards on governments’ right to regulate in the public interest, full transparency of ISDS […]

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Trade in Action

Jan 9, 2015

January 8 – EU Makes Significant Transparency Push

By Global Business & Economics Program

  EU Makes Significant Transparency Push Yesterday’s decision by the European Commission to release dozens of new documents outlining their negotiating positions represents a bold step forward for the transparency that campaigners both for and against TTIP have been clamoring for. It also marks an admission on behalf of the Commission that without greater public […]

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

Trade in Action

Jan 9, 2015

December 11 – 2015: A Make or Break Year?

By Global Business & Economics Program

2015 promises to be a pivotal year for the TTIP negotiations, and global trade generally. After a (hopefully) restful holiday season, a new Congress is coming to a snow-covered Washington today — and the European Union is returning to work in Brussels to outline its goals for 2015. Trade is high on both agenda, as […]

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

New Atlanticist

Dec 23, 2014

Nigeria’s Finance Minister on How Falling Oil Prices Impact on Africa’s Biggest Economy

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Nigeria is surprised by a US decision to slash oil imports from Africa’s top petroleum producer, but is eager to deepen its economic relationship with the US in other areas, according to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s finance and economy minister.

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Dec 23, 2014

Reuters Cites TTIP Report

By Garrett Workman

Reuters cites an Atlantic Council report, The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Big Opportunities for Small Businesses, written by Global Business and Economics Program Associate Director Garrett Workman:

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