EU-US trade talks: moving forward? (Special reports)

Special reports written by EurActiv in September 2013.

There is a sense of anticipation in Brussels as negotiators are frantically preparing for next month’s second "real" round of trade talks with the United States in Brussels, but progress is unlikely to be perceivable before December, experts say.
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Data protection issues have been cut out of the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), but rivalry between the two trade blocs in the critical booming sector threatens to spoil any deal.
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A gulf has opened up in the approaches taken by the two sides in the transatlantic trade talks, with the European Union wanting sector-specific commitments and the United States leaning towards rules that would apply across industries.
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Controversial rights for multinational corporations to sue states, likely to be included in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), are causing a political headache for EU and US negotiators, but may also set a precedent for future trade agreements, notably with China.
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The budding Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has been wrongly portrayed as a Western conspiracy against China when it would positively impact world trade, said a key MEP ahead of a second round of trade negotiations in Brussels between 7-11 October 2013.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background Information: Speech: Team Europe: What we need for a successful TTIP http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-team-europe-what-we-need-for-a-successful-ttip/

EurActiv, 23.09.13: EU, US gear up for 'real' negotiation round on trade deal http://www.euractiv.com/trade/eu-us-gear-tough-negotiations-ro-news-530553

EurActiv, 24.09.13: TTIP: Data is the elephant in the room http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-eu-us-trade-talks/ttip-data-elephant-room-news-530654

EurActiv, 25.09.13:EU-US trade talks delve into regulatory maze http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-eu-us-trade-talks/eu-us-trade-talks-delve-regulato-news-530682

ESO: Background Information: Speech: Intervention by Cecilia Malmström on the EU-US TFTP Agreement in the European Parliament http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-intervention-by-cecilia-malmstrom-on-the-eu-us-tftp-agreement-in-the-european-parliament/

EurActiv, 26.09.13: EU-US trade deal to include 'corporate bill of rights' http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-eu-us-trade-talks/litigation-boom-clause-looks-fut-news-530694

EurActiv, 27.09.13: EU lawmaker: 'TTIP is not a monster’ http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-eu-us-trade-talks/world-trade-partners-take-note-t-news-530736

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