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Editorial by Susan George The AlterSummit has decided to centre its work in 2014 around three key themes: 1. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership or TTIP [the EU-USA trade agreement seeking to integrate the two economies]. 2. The Troika...

NOVANEWS By Corporate Europe Observatory True Publica Today, Belgium followed a ‘no’ vote by two of its regional Parliaments on the controversial EU-Canada trade deal CETA, temporarily blocking the first step towards the treaty’s ratification in a...

CETA is an unhealthy deal: lessons to be learnt for future EU trade policy The European Parliament in the presence of Canadian Prime Minister has rubber-stamped the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada. Read more...

Election Blues in the U.S. and France November is usually a quiet month for EU affairs, allowing working groups, Parliament committees and “trilogues” between the co-legislators to make progress behind the scenes. This month, the EU institutions and...

As I mentioned in my previous update, the TTIP negotiations are currently on hold, but that does not mean that all activity has stopped.  By an interesting coincidence, the other major EU trade agreement - that with Canada, generally known as CETA -...