Proponents of Canada's trade deal with the European Union are about to find out if eight years of negotiations and lobbying were worth it. Final preparations are underway to provisionally apply most of the agreement by July 1.
London: Trade Minister Steven Ciobo says Australia will forge ahead on a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with Europe, despite the embarrassing collapse of the EU's trade deal with Canada.
Today, parliament voted through a trade deal that threatens to lock us into the politics of austerity and high risk globalisation, whatever the cost and whoever comes to power in the future.
Gegner von TTIP fürchten, dass dank des Freihandelsabkommens künftig US-Konzerne europäische Regierungen verklagen können. In vielen Ländern gibt es solche Verfahren längst - und die Ankläger kommen vor allem aus Europa.
The European Union and Japan will launch the world's largest free trade zone early next year after their economic partnership cleared a final hurdle on Wednesday.
The European Commission is negotiating a free trade deal with Japan behind closed doors. Critics complain that Brussels has learned nothing from the controversy surrounding CETA and TTIP.
Ahead of the Hamburg G-20 summit, the EU trade conflict with the U.S. is threatening to escalate. Both Brussels and Washington are looking into sanctions and Chancellor Merkel is concerned that a fiasco could ensue. By SPIEGEL Staff
Africans are insisting on actual economic development which is leaving European trade negotiators exasperated. Rick Rowden explains why their stand is historic and right.