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17 November 2016
Just over one week after the news that Donald Trump will serve as the next president of the United States, key trading partners are working to prepare for the change in leadership in the world’s largest economy, even as many of the incoming official’s policy priorities remain unclear. Trump’s...
13 October 2016
Negotiators for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) concluded their fifteenth round last week, touting advances and pledging to make additional progress in the coming months, even as the talks’ long-term future remains unclear. The 3-7 October gathering in New York City come...
29 September 2016
EU trade ministers affirmed last week that finishing negotiations on a bilateral trade and investment deal with the US before year’s end is an “unrealistic” goal, following informal meetings held late last week in Bratislava, Slovakia. The 22-23 September meeting had been flagged as a potentially...
22 September 2016
Trade officials from the EU, Canada, and the United States have been pushing two major international accords over the past week, aiming to make a compelling case in time for a key meeting of European trade ministers beginning later today. The informal meeting of the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council (...
19 September 2016
Americans generally had become bored with Europe. We are fixated with the rise of China. There were tragic events in Europe that shocked the world — the attacks on Paris’ Charlie Hebdo and Bataclan and Brussels’ Zaventem Airport, the Greek debt and mass migration crises. But whether the Europe we...
14 September 2016
Евросоюз предлагает отказаться от одного из основных элементов механизма защиты иностранных инвестиций – рассмотрения споров между инвесторами и принимающими государствами в международном арбитраже. Получив поддержку ключевых торговых партнеров ЕС, в том числе США, эта инициатива может стать первым...
13 September 2016
Tous les regards sont tournés vers Bratislava ce mois-ci alors que le Conseil européen s’y réunit pour discuter de l’avenir des pourparlers bilatéraux avec les États-Unis sur le commerce et l’investissement, sur la base notamment de la suggestion de certains ministres et chefs de gouvernement de...
7 September 2016
All eyes are set to turn to Bratislava this month as the European Council meets to debate the future of bilateral trade and investment talks with the US, particularly amid suggestions from some ministers and national leaders that the process should be put on hold. The Transatlantic Trade and...
3 August 2016
Генеральный директор ВТО Роберту Азеведу призвал членов организации перейти от «размышлений к действиям», в то время как делегации готовятся к обсуждению целей, которых они хотят достичь по результатам Министерской конференции ВТО в 2017 году. Комментируя встречи, состоявшиеся в различных форматах...
19 July 2016
Flush from their Brexit referendum victory and settling into their new ministerial offices, hopefully those responsible for trade policy in Theresa May’s government are contemplating the UK’s priorities. Fevered speculation concerns the trade deals the UK could do and – in the case of the EU – must...
1 June 2016
In recent years the debate over investor state dispute settlement (ISDS) has heated up and in Europe is reaching boiling point. European governments were once the main force behind modern investment treaties, but now European citizens are sceptical. As a result the future of ISDS has become...
20 May 2016
欧盟委员会确认将在六月份向欧盟理事会提交欧盟与加拿大的贸易协定，尽管该协定是否能获得批准的问题持续的遭到质疑。 这个新闻来自于欧盟贸易部长会议。此次布鲁塞尔会议是在欧盟理事会下召开了，也讨论了欧盟与美国的贸易协定，包括可持续影响的评估。 与加拿大的 “ 混合协定 ” ？ 欧盟和加拿大在2014年结束双边贸易协定，即全面经济和贸易协定（CETA）。谈判历时六年之久。 尽管谈判本身已经是历经艰险，协定要获得批准也是充满挑战，在欧盟和加拿大的公众辩论集中的议题包括协定中的投资者保护和争端解决条款。 今年早些时候，双方改变了协定的内容，包括了一个投资法庭体制，...
19 May 2016
The European Commission has confirmed plans to submit a proposal to the European Council in June for signing the 28-nation bloc’s trade deal with Canada, amid continued questions over the pact’s potential fate in the ratification stages. The news came as part of a meeting of trade ministers from...
6 May 2016
周五，来自欧盟-美国贸易和投资协定的谈判人员们结束了第13轮谈判，双方重申在今年结束协定谈判的愿望，前提是不会强行就实质性内容进行妥协。 同时，由于本周一家环境民间团体所“泄露”的所谓该贸易协定的整合文本，公众中关于该协定可能内容的辩论大大升级。 上一轮的跨大西洋贸易和投资伙伴关系（TTIP）协定谈判是4月25-29日在纽约举行的，此前刚刚进行了美国总统奥巴马和各个欧盟国家领导人（包括英国首先卡梅伦和德国总理默克尔）之间的高级别会议。（《桥》周报， 2016 年4月28日） 在那些会议举行的背后是强劲的政治推动，希望在未来一年、奥巴马离任之前尽快推进贸易谈判，目标是尽可能结束谈判。不过，...
4 May 2016
Negotiators for an EU-US trade and investment deal concluded their thirteenth round of talks on Friday, with both sides reiterating their wishes to conclude an agreement this year, so long as it does not force a compromise on substance. Meanwhile, public debate has escalated over the deal’s...
29 April 2016
上周，美国总统奥巴马与欧盟国家领导人举行了一系列会谈，公开呼吁加快跨大西洋贸易投资伙伴关系协定（TTIP）谈判，特别是鉴于他在任只有几个月的时间了。 领导人会谈是在下一轮TTIP谈判之前进行的。第13轮谈判将于4月25-29日在纽约举行。 在和奥巴马的 联合新闻发布会 上，德国总理默克尔说，“这个协定对德国经济很重要；对整个欧洲经济很重要。如果我们看看跨太平洋伙伴关系协定（TPP）的进展，我认为我们都应当加紧这个谈判。” 奥巴马补充说，虽然他不能预期TTIP今年能获得批准，但是认为可以完成谈判。“目前，我们将完成这个谈判，然后民众能看到为什么这个协定是好的。” 在德国访问之前，...
28 April 2016
US President Barack Obama met with a series of EU national leaders over the past week to call publicly for negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to speed up in the coming months, particularly given his limited time left in office. The leaders’ meetings came as...
