Memo: Ensuring transparency in EU-US trade talks: EU publishes negotiating positions in five more areas

On 14 May 2014, the European Commission published negotiating positions in five important topics of the talks with the US on a future trade and investment deal, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

The papers released that day included proposals for enhancing the compatibility of each other's existing rules and regulations, or working more closely together in setting them in future, in the five sectors of chemicals, cosmetics, pharmaceutical products, motor vehicles, textiles and clothing.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: What we need to make TTIP work http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-what-we-need-to-make-ttip-work/

European Commission: Trade: Policy: Countries and regions: Countries: United States: EU publishes initial TTIP Position Papers http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=943

ESO: Key Source: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) http://www.europeansources.info/record/transatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership-ttip/

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