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Small and medium-sized enterprises from across Europe call on European governments to reject the CETA agreement

2016-09-23

SME against CETA/TTIP initiatives from Germany, Austria and the Netherlands call on the EU’s trade ministers to reject the signature of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada. The trade ministers are gathering in Bratislava today to discuss the ratification of the CETA agreement. The agreement is highly

What TTIP means for the Health Sector: Unchecked Costs and Greater Pressure to Privatise

2016-09-12

In their position paper on TTIP the presidents and chairs of the German Medical Association (Bundesärztekammer (BÄK)), the German National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung (KBV)), the German Dentists Association (Bundeszahnärztekammer (BZÄK)), the Federal Union of German Associations of Pharmacists (Bundesvereinigung Deutscher Apothekerverbände (ABDA)) and the German

TTIP could be a one-way street for European Business

2016-04-11

There are fundamental differences between the European and US conformity assessment and product approval systems. Consequently, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) could result in trade advantages biased towards American companies. Furthermore, it is highly likely that TTIP will lead to a lowering of Europe’s current environmental and safety

Survey: German companies call for changes to free trade agreement Ohoven: “TTIP must not be allowed to benefit big business only”

2016-03-10

Berlin: German small and medium-sized enterprises are calling for changes to the planned free trade agreement between the European Union and the USA (known as TTIP). A significant majority of companies surveyed currently expects the deal will have a negative impact on the German economy. This is revealed in a

Agriculture and TTIP – Interview with Katharina Reuter, Federal Association of Green Business

2016-01-20

The US-American agricultural sector differs significantly from it’s European counterpart. The United States has a more industrial-sized agroindustry with a completely different cost-structure in areas like wheat-cultivation, beef, sugar and milk, whereas the European agricultural sector is mainly composed of smaller sized farms. To protect European farmers, the EU is