13th Round Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Negotiations

Representatives from the European Union met with US Trade representatives in New York on 25-29 April 2016 for the 13th round of negotiations concerning the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Greenpeace Netherlands released on the 2 May 2016 'secret' documents from the EU-US TTIP negotiations. The 248 leaked pages comprised TTIP negotiating texts, including the US position, and internal EU documents outlining the state of play of the trade talks.

However, the European Commission responded that the leaked documents were not a reflection of the current outcome of the negotiations. 'No EU trade agreement will ever lower our level of protection of consumers, or food safety, or of the environment. Trade agreements will not change our laws on GMOs, or how to produce safe beef, or how to protect the environment'.

ESO: Key Source: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) http://www.europeansources.info/record/transatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership-ttip/

ESO: Background information: 12th Round Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Negotiations http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-faces-tough-sell-on-ttip-compromise/

US: USTR: Resources: Free Trade Agreements: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) https://ustr.gov/ttip

EurActiv, 14.04.16: TTIP talks need swift progress to avoid Trump threat http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/news/ttip-talks-need-swift-progress-to-avoid-trump-threat/

EurActiv, 21.04.16: Public procurement could be next TTIP deal breaker http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/news/public-procurement-could-be-next-ttip-deal-breaker/

EurActiv, 25.04.16: Avoiding a TTIP train wreck http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/news/avoiding-a-ttip-train-wreck/

ESO: Background information: Obama’s Push for a New Transatlantic Relationship http://www.europeansources.info/record/obamas-push-for-a-new-transatlantic-relationship/

EUObserver, 26.04.16: Small business still waiting for TTIP breakthrough https://euobserver.com/economic/133184

EurActiv, 26.04.16: TTIP: Chevron lobbied for controversial legal right as ‘environmental deterrent’ http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/news/ttip-chevron-lobbied-for-controversial-legal-right-as-environmental-deterrent/

EurActiv, 02.05.16: Chief TTIP negotiator: Greenpeace statements 'wrong' http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/video/chief-ttip-negotiator-greenpeace-statements-wrong/

Politico, 02.05.16: TTIP leaks show EU-US struggles over cars and food http://www.politico.eu/article/ttip-leaks-struggles-over-cars-food-wine-trade-deal-us-eu/

EUObserver, 02.05.16: TTIP leaks: US undermining EU standards, says Greenpeace https://euobserver.com/foreign/133296

Greenpeace EU: News, 02.05.16: TTIP leaks update: Greenpeace response to Commission statements http://www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/en/News/2016/TTIP-leaks-update-Greenpeace-response-to-Commission-statements/

European Commission: DG Trade: News, 02.05.16: Negotiating TTIP: Comment by Commissioner Malmström http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=1492

EurActiv, 29.04.16: EU and US say they don’t aim at ‘TTIP-light’ http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/news/eu-and-us-say-they-dont-aim-at-ttip-light/

Euro|Topics: Debates, April 2016: What will TTIP leaks bring? http://www.eurotopics.net/en/158021/what-will-ttip-leaks-bring

BBC News, 03.05.16: TTIP trade talks 'likely to stop', warns French minister http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36191577

EurActiv, 02.05.16: Commission lashes out at TTIP leaks as ‘storm in a teacup’ http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/news/commission-lashes-out-at-ttip-leaks-as-a-storm-in-a-teacup/

EurActiv, 03.05.16: US ‘not particularly concerned’ by TTIP leaks http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/news/us-not-particularly-concerned-by-ttip-leaks/

EUObserver, 02.05.16: EU refutes Greenpeace's 'storm in teacup' on US trade https://euobserver.com/economic/133307

openDemocracy: Can Europe Make It?, 05.05.16: TTIP: we were right all along https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/thomas-fazi/ttip-we-were-right-all-along

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