Over 8,000 people from all over the Netherlands gathered in Amsterdam on Saturday to voice objections to the free trade agreements CETA, TiSA and TTIP. Farmers, students, parents with children, union members and activists joined…
Would you like to know what the latest developments are relating to the TTIP and CETA treaties, and what is contained in the #TTIPleaks documents? Are you curious which types of trade arrangement contribute to…
Corporations are regularly using secretive corporate courts to undermine the ability of countries to pass effective tax legislation, according to a new report, Taxes on trial: How trade deals threaten tax justice. The report warns…
The citizen’s initiative Stop TTIP and other CSOs will today present over 3 million signatures against TTIP to the European Commission. Never before have so many citizens signed a public petition in Europe. TTIP and…
TTIP (the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) is a free-trade agreement that has gained much attention in Europe in the past year – not least in the Netherlands. Growing numbers of people are concerned about…
The European Parliament’s committee on international trade has passed a resolution today that expresses support for TTIP, the trade treaty with the US that the EU is currently negotiating. SOMO, TNI, Both ENDS and Friends…
For over two years, the US and the European Union are negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). This week, SOMO (among others) calls for action by co-organising a TTIP action week. Publication /…
For over two years now, the US and the European Union are negotiating a new free trade agreement (TTIP). What is discussed exactly, we don’t know; the negotiations are held in secret. But what are…
On Saturday 11 October, the European Day of Action, people in 400 European cities protested against the much-discussed free trade agreement between Europe and the US, TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership). Meanwhile, over 500,000…
A request to launch a citizen’s initiative concerning TTIP and CETA was rejected by the European Commission on 10 September. The EC refuses to register the initiative because they consider that it falls outside its…
On Wednesday 10 September, the Netherlands’ parliamentary committee on foreign trade, development and cooperation held a meeting with the relevant minister. The focus of the discussion was the secret TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership)…
The European Commission has denied that it is using the negotiations over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to weaken financial regulation for the benefit of financial institutions. © Read the whole article on…
How can we regain democratic control and influence processes that threaten to undermine it? These are relevant questions in view of the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The TTIP is negotiated…
In the last few years, several SOMO researchers have studied these subjects of the TTIP negotiations. TTIP further explained by SOMO researcher Myriam Vander Stichele As more than one third of the total global trade…
After all the demonstrations and protests against TTIP and ISDS almost two years ago, the streets and the media have gone quiet again. After a public outrage that brought tens of thousands to the streets,…