Plenary speech on EU trade and investment agreement negotiations with the US
Please find my press release about the mandate for the negotiations on a trade and investment treaty with the US (TTIP) here. The complete text of the motion for a resolution on the negotiating mandate...
View ArticleMedia: Special Report: Big Trading Blocs Moving At Breakneck Pace To Raise...
Monika Ehmert, IP Watch, 22.05.2013 The pace to negotiate bilateral or plurilateral free trade agreements has been accelerating rapidly over the last month as the big trading blocs seem eager to...
View ArticleNew York Times: European Parliament Moves to Limit Scope of Eventual U.S....
James Kanter, New York Times, 23.05.2013 The European Parliament passed a resolution on Thursday demanding that the free-trade pact now under discussion with the United States exempt “audiovisual”...
View ArticleVideo: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
In this video Marietje Schaake explains in a nutshell the importance of breaking down trade barriers between the EU and the US in order to create growth and jobs and improve our global competitiveness....
View ArticleMedia: Differing Views on Privacy Shape Europe’s Response to U.S....
Steven Erlanger and Jack Ewing, New York Times, 14.06.2013 Olaf Storbeck, a German columnist, has decided to “ditch Googlemail b/c Prism,” he wrote on Twitter. A London-based writer for Reuters, he is...
View ArticleNEW: TTIP FAQ: the negotiation phase – events, updates, key positions and docs
TTIP FAQ – Negotiation phase - Latest update: 22 June 2013 - - The pre-negotiation phase TTIP FAQ can be accessed here - 1. Upcoming meetings and events From 8 to 11 July 2013 US and EU...
View ArticleMedia: Key US-EU trade pact under threat after more NSA spying allegations –...
Ian Traynor, The Guardian, 30.06.2013 The prospects for a new trade pact between the US and the European Union worth hundreds of billions have suffered a severe setback following allegations that...
View ArticleMedia: Europe’s spy technology expertise throws up awkward questions –...
Chris Bryant, Financial Times, 01.07.2013 Europe’s politicians are outraged about alleged US monitoring of EU telephone and computer communications. But when it comes to building and exporting spy...
View ArticleMarietje Schaake discusses digital arms trade for the Open Rights Group
Eric King from Privacy International, Hauke Gierow from Reporters Without Borders and Marietje Schaake talk about the importance of creating effective export controls for digital surveillance...
View ArticlePlenary Speech on EU-China investment treaty
Mr President, it is the right time to open negotiations on a direct investment treaty between the EU and China to substitute the current 26 existing bilateral treaties between China and EU Member...
View ArticleEvent: International Chamber of Commerce Global Debate
On November 8th Marietje Schaake will give a keynote speech during the annual Global Debate organized by the International Chamber of Commerce Netherlands. In her speech Ms Schaake will focus on...
View ArticleMEP: ‘Stop the export of teargas to Bahrain’
Today, Marietje Schaake submitted written questions to the European Commission regarding reports of an impending shipment of teargas and other crowd control equipment to Bahrain, possibly by a South...
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TTIP FAQ – Negotiation phase (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) - Latest update: 7 November 2013 - - The pre-negotiation phase TTIP FAQ can be accessed here - 1. Upcoming meetings, events...
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Does pursuing investment protection in TTIP signal more transatlantic mistrust?
Today American and European negotiating teams in Brussels will wrap up a second formal round of negotiations on an envisaged Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Certainly, the wave...
View ArticleTTIP FAQ – Negotiation phase – updates, news, docs
TTIP FAQ – Negotiation phase (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) - Latest update: 25 November 2013 - - The pre-negotiation phase TTIP FAQ can be accessed here - 1. Upcoming meetings,...
View ArticleMedia: ‘Zero-day’ hacking reform raises hackles with US tech groups –...
Chris Bryant, Financial Times, 14.01.2014 Not so long ago it was common for hackers to report a newly discovered software security flaw to the vendor so it could be patched. In exchange the hacker...
View ArticlePlenary speech on access to public procurement markets
Madam President, although we are not obliged to do so through the WTO GPA agreements, the EU chooses openness to our markets, including public procurement, and that makes sense. Other countries are,...
View ArticleMedia: Brussels seeks to curb investor litigation under trade deals –...
The European Commission is pushing to include strict constraints on investors’ ability to take legal action against governments as part of a new trans-Atlantic trade deal, according to leaked...
View ArticleTTIP Timeline – all events and meetings up till now
TTIP Timeline (Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) - Last update 24-02-2014 - 1. All Past meetings and events On 19 February the US Monitoring Group of the European Parliament met with the...
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