TAFTA documents

Leaks

• TAFTA negotiation mandate

The directives for the negotiation on TAFTA, as adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) on 14 June 2013.

• Working paper on the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector

Leaked document from the EU negotiators related to Internet

Documents published by institutions

• Closing press briefing of the first round of TAFTA negotiations - 8-12 July 2013
• Press release of the Council of the EU, announcing the approbation of a mandate for the negotiation of a comprehensive trade and investment agreement with the United States - 14 June 2013
• European Parliament resolution on TAFTA - 23 May 2013
• Recommendations of the High Level Working Group, led by US Trade Representative Ron Kirk and EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht, emphasizing the need for a transatlantic trade agreement - 11 February 2013
• [eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2011:051:0020:0028:EN:PDF Opinion] of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Transatlantic relations and the

international promotion of the European social model’ - 17 February 2011

• Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Transatlantic Relations: ‘How to improve the participation of civil society’ - 25 March 2009

Reports

Report on legal implications of tafta for the acquis communautaire - Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee of the European Parliament - October 2013

This study discusses the potential impact of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement on the EU acquis in the areas of the environment and food safety. It recommends, in particular, that the European Parliament pay very close attention to the precise wording of provisions regarding the environment, food safety, and investment set out in the final text to ensure that both parties are able to maintain the environmental and consumer protection standards they deem appropriate, as provided for in the European Commission’s negotiating mandate.

Brave new transatlantic partnership - Seattle to Brussels Netword - October 2013

The proposed EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partners hip (TTIP/TAFTA), and its socio-economic & environmental consequences

Others

• Partial list of TAFTA negotiators (help us to complete it!)
• EU Commssion's TAFTA website
• Working document published by the EU