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TTIP back on track

The House of Representatives voted narrowly to pass the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill on 18 June. It effectively reverses the setback suffered by the measure in Congress on 12 June when a coalition of left-wing Democrats and right-wing Republicans voted to terminate the trade adjustment assistance (TAA) programme. House leaders separated the TPA bill from a Senate version which included a Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) package to renew a program ... [+]

Congress setback for transatlantic trade deal

The EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) suffered another setback in a US Congress vote on 12 June when a coalition of left-wing Democrats and right-wing Republicans voted to terminate the trade adjustment assistance (TAA) programme. Dating from the 1970s, it provided supported workers made redundant as a result of ... [+]

Updated: Setback in Senate for Transatlantic trade deal

Plans to fast-track the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) suffered a setback on 12 May when the US Senate threw out President Obama's Trade Promotion Authority bill. While Republicans voted in favour, only one of the President's own Democrat senators voted in favour. The bill would have sped ... [+]

Transatlantic trade study

A new research study that is looking into the relevance and effects of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to every business. Global Trade Management Agenda can be accessed at www.aeb.com/gtm-study until 22 September and all foreign trade and logistics expert are invited to participate and win various prizes. ... [+]

Shippers target ‘too strict’ security rules

The European Shippers’ Council (ESC) said that it would target unecessarily strict supply chain security rules at the sixth round of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations in Brussels on 16 July. ESC said that removing over-strict regulations could be an important element of removing non-tariff barriers to ... [+]

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