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    EU-US TTIP negotiations/ISDS

    <xml> </xml> EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström attended the European Parliament's trade committee today to present the conclusions of the EU Commission on the role of the controversial investor-state dispute settlement mechanism (ISDS) in the context of the EU-US TTIP t...
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    Foreign Affairs Committee votes on conflict minerals

    On Monday the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (AFET) voted on an opinion to a Trade committee report on conflict minerals.
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    Services trade agreement (TISA)

    The EU negotiating mandate for the negotiations on the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) was today published by the council of EU foreign ministers, two years after negotiations began (1). Commenting on the mandate, Green trade spokesperson and vice-president Ska Keller said: "While the belat...
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    News |

    Development committee demands concrete legislation to stop deadly trade

    Yesterday evening, the European Parliament's Development committee called for binding rules on trade in conflict minerals. Such rules are urgently needed in order to ensure that mineral purchases made by European corporations are not financing conflict or human rights violations. The committee follo...
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    Publication |

    Trade secrets can harm

    The European Parliament is now discussing a draft proposal to establish a EU directive on trade secrets. A proper balance needs to be found to avoid abusive claims of improper use of trade secrets and overbroad protection.
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    News |

    Human trafficking, forced labour and land grabbing

    Barbara Lochbihler, foreign policy and human rights spokesperson of the Greens/EFA group, visited Thailand and Cambodia from 12 to 20 February to follow up on the group’s work on human trafficking and land grabbing. This included a short film produced by Greens/EFA staff in 2012. Land grabbing in...
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    Event |

    Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in EU law and International Law

    This event follows discussions initiated during the joint JURI/INTA hearing on TTIP: Regulatory Aspects and Investor to State Dispute Settlement and Arbitration, 27th January 2014.
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    Video |

    Giant Trojan Horse Protests EU-US Trade Deal

    We are still fighting against the EU-US TTIP negotiations. This week, the fight was very much in Brussels, where our MEPs Yannick Jadot and Jean Lambert and others joined the demo. But we need everyone to make the case in their own countries too.
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    News |

    MEPs join TTIP protest

    MEPs Jill Evans (Wales) and Jordi Sebastià (Valencia) joined hundreds of others at an event organised in Brussels by Friends of the Earth to focus opposition to the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Protocol (TTIP). Both MEPs are members of the EFA (European Free Alliance) Group ...
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    Press release |

    Service trade agreement (TISA)

    A leaked document from the ongoing negotiations on the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) has made clear that health services could come under the scope of the agreement, in spite of assurances by the European Commission to the contrary (1). Commenting on the revelation, Green trade spokesperson S...