Concerns rise over US-EU trade talks

The feature discusses the opposition by various environmental, consumer, health and other groups to the TTIP negotiations between the European Union and the United States.

This was in the context of activist groups who marched in approximately 400 cities across Europe on 11 October 2014, protesting against the proposed TTIF.

• Primary Source

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

ESO: Find further information in ESO on the TTIP http://www.europeansources.info/advSearchLink?keyword=ttip%20&searchOption=all

EurActiv, 13.10.14: Anti-TTIP demonstrations seize European capitals http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/anti-ttip-demonstrations-seize-european-capitals-309119

EurActiv, 15.10.14: US and EU standards broadly similar, new research claims http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/us-and-eu-standards-broadly-similar-new-research-claims-309179

EUObserver, 23.10.14: An American in Strasbourg: US ambassador woos MEPs on trade pact http://euobserver.com/political/126202

EurActiv, 24.10.14: Commission mulls TTIP minus investor arbitration http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/commission-mulls-ttip-minus-investor-arbitration-309460

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