eu free trade agreements: ttip – with the usa ceta – with canada
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EU Free Trade Agreements: TTIP – with the USACETA – with Canada
Start of negotiations: July 2013 in the US
Since then several meeting in the US and the EU
Building up of resistance in the US and the EU
TTIP
No democratic legitimacy
Lack of transparency – too much „top secret“
Aligning of product and security standards – Deterioration of quality
Threat to external protection
Investor-State Dispute Settlement - ISDS
TTIP – Problematic issues
TTIP-negotiations should be stopped.
Absolute transparency and democratic participation in negotiation processes of EU in general.
„NO“ to lower product and safety standards.
Import duties for dairy products need to remain an EU instrument.
An ISDS in general must not result in allowing industry to put pressure on governments
TTIP – Position of DDB/EMB
Commission: official stakeholders meeting, more consultations -> rather a cover up – detailed information about the content of TTIP
is still not given
EU-Parliament: Report on impact of TTIP on agricultural sector
Key points of the report:
Even though trade will increase, only small change in agricultural added value: - 0,5% in the EU (highest loss in Baltic states – 1,3 %)
+ 0,4% in USA
Problem beef sector: low-cost sector in the US US-exports to the EU damaging for EU production and suckler cow
breeding
Milk sector: Increase of EU exports to US, since US might reduce tariffs and other barriers te -> Opinion of DDB / EMB : Seven if exports in milk sector increase, the second pillar of many farms – meat production and suckler cow breeding – would be damaged -> problem for many farms
TTIP - Reaction of EU regarding resistance
Start of negotiations: June 2009
Since then several meetings, also interruptions and resumption of negotiations
25 September 2014: Agreement officially announced in Ottawa
Now: CETA has to be ratified by European Parliament and Council – discussion whether ratification of EU member States is also necessary
CETA – EU with Canada
Agriculture:
CETA will not open up export markets for genetically modified crops,
-> but regulatory co-operation provisions can weaken EU food safety standards
CETA gives intellectual property rights holders ability to sue farmers suspected of selling or storing farm-saved seed
No hormone meat from Canada. Canadian farmers are building up a hormone free product line
CETA – Content
Agriculture:
For Canada: No import duties for exports to EU milk market (free access)
For Canadian meat exports to EU – import quota: 50 000 tons (hormone free) beef and 75 000 tons pork meat
EU can export 16.000 tons of raw milk cheese and 1700 tons of industrial cheese to Canada without duties
CETA – Content
ISDS
Article to protect investors: companies can sue states at arbitration tribunals
Politicians (of EU-Parliament and national parliaments) and many NGO‘s want to abolish ISDS article
Trade Commissioner seems to hold on to article
CETA – Content
Resistance regarding CETA has increased (also because of TTIP discussions)
For example Citizens‘ Initiative against TTIP also mentioned CETA
The media talk more and more about CETA
Politicians are still discussing ISDS and the question whether Member States should ratify CETA (and therefore would be able to refuse CETA)
CETA – Resistance
Thank you for your attention!
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