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The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a proposed trade agreement between the European Union and the United States, with the aim of promoting trade and multilateral economic growth. The American government considers the TTIP a companion agreement to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The agreement is under ongoing negotiations and its main three broad areas are: market access; specific regulation; and broader rules and principles and modes of co-operation. The negotiations were planned to be finalized by the end of 2014, but will not be finished until 2019 or 2020, according to economist Hosuk Lee-Makiyama.
The content of the agreement as well as the reports on TTIP negotiations are classified from the public, but after a proposed draft was leaked in March 2014, the European Commission launched a public consultation on a limited set of clauses and in January 2015 published parts of an overview; and subsequently increased security over its secrecy.
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an American politician and the junior United States Senator from Vermont. He is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. A Democrat as of 2015, Sanders had been the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history, though his caucusing with the Democrats entitled him to committee assignments and at times gave Democrats a majority. Sanders has been the ranking minority member on the Senate Budget Committee since January 2015, and previously served for two years as chair of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee.
Sanders was born and raised in the New York City borough of Brooklyn and graduated from the University of Chicago in 1964. While a student, he was an active civil rights protest organizer for the Congress of Racial Equality and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. After settling in Vermont in 1968, Sanders ran unsuccessful third-party campaigns for governor and U.S. senator in the early to mid-1970s. As an independent, he was elected mayor of Burlington, Vermont's most populous city, in 1981, and was reelected three times. In 1990, he was elected to represent Vermont's at-large congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1991, Sanders co-founded the Congressional Progressive Caucus. He served as a congressman for 16 years before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006. In 2012, he was reelected with 71% of the popular vote. During the 2016 presidential primaries, Sanders became the first self-described democratic socialist and first Jewish American to win a presidential primary of a major party, namely the New Hampshire primary.
Julian Paul Assange (born 3 July 1971) is an Australian computer programmer, publisher and journalist. He is editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, an organisation which he founded in 2006. Subject to extradition to Sweden for legal proceedings, he was granted political asylum by Ecuador in August 2012. He has remained in Ecuador's London embassy and, as of February 2016, he is unable to leave without expectation of arrest.
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Assange was born in the north Queensland city of Townsville, to Christine Ann Hawkins (b. 1951), a visual artist, and John Shipton, an anti-war activist and builder. The couple had separated before Assange was born.
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The proposed free trade agreement between the US and Europe (TTIP) causes concern about the European right to self-determination. The most controversial part of TTIP is ISDS: investor-state dispute settlement. ISDS will make it possible for companies to sue governments that damage their investments. But is this arbitrage system where a few investment lawyers decide over billions of taxpayers money a protection of our business interests, or a threat to our democracy? On Saturday, October 10, tens of thousands of European citizens took to the streets, and more than 2.5 million signatures were offered to the European Commission. The source of this concern and protest is the free trade agreement TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) between the United States and the EU, which ...
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The Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership is a trade deal between the EU and the US - and is anything but harmless. The deal boosts corporate power and endangers people and the planet. This video, made by international campaigning organisation Attac, sets out the problems with the deal in a really clear, informative way. More Information: http://blog.38degrees.org.uk/2014/05/15/secret-eu-us-trade-deal/ , http://www.attac.org/en/node/16244 . Director, Drawings: Stiftfilm / Jonas Kramer http://jonaskramer.de/stiftfilm Subscribe & support: http://smarturl.it/38DegreesSubscribe 38 Degrees is one of the UK's biggest campaigning communities, with over 2.5 million members. We share a desire for a more progressive, fairer, better society and come together to decide which issues we campaign...
Es bringt uns mehr Wohlstand, sagen die einen, es kostet uns die Demokratie, sagen die anderen. Selten war ein internationaler Vertrag so umstritten wie das geplante Freihandelsabkommen TTIP zwischen der EU und den USA. odysso beleuchtet, was sich durch das Abkommen für uns ändern könnte. SWR-Kanal abonnieren unter http://bit.ly/ySWR Willkommen auf dem offiziellen Kanal des Südwestrundfunks! Hier erwarten euch täglich Highlights unserer aktuellen Sendungen, Programm-Vorschauen, Comedy, Kunst und Kultur! Wir nehmen in “Odysso” die Welt der Wissenschaft und Forschung unter die Lupe, und in unseren “SWR1 Leute” Interviews faszinierende Persönlichkeiten und Prominenz in die Mangel. “Kunscht” und Kultur kommt auch nicht zu kurz - hier bekommt ihr das volle Programm! Wir haben tägliche Updates...
Das Freihandelsabkommen – kurz TTIP – zwischen Europa und Nordamerika wird in diesem explain-it in 3 Minuten erklärt. Die explain-it GmbH ist einer der führenden Anbieter von Erklärvideos. Weitere Infos auf https://www.explain-it.tv, https://www.expain-it.ch und https://www.explain-it.at. Einen Blick hinter die Kulissen von explain-it bekommst du hier: https://www.facebook.com/explain.it.erklaervideos/ Du darfst dieses explain-it gerne für eigene Zwecke verwenden. Voraussetzung ist, dass du uns namentlich nennst (explain-it) und auf unsere Website verlinkst (https://www.explain-it.tv). Mehr Infos: https://www.explain-it.tv/erklaerfilm-beispiele/focusonline-freihandelsabkommen-ttip Das ist Peter. Peter ist Unternehmer und stellt Erdnuss-Röst-Maschinen her. Die verkauft er hauptsächlic...
Es bringt hunderttausende Menschen auf die Straße und sorgt für Proteststürme im Internet - dabei ist es bisher nicht mehr als ein Plan: Das geplante Freihandelsabkommen TTIP ist umstritten. Aber: Was ist TTIP eigentlich genau? Ist es wirklich so schlimm? Die Infoseite der EU zu TTIP - http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/ttip/index_de.htm Die Internetseite der europaweiten Bewegung gegen TTIP - https://stop-ttip.org/de Noch einmal Contra: Die Themenseite der Globalisierungskritiker von Attac zu TTIP - http://www.attac.de/ttip Fragen und Antworten zu TTIP auf tagesschau.de - http://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/faq-freihandelszone-eu-usa-101.html Ein umfangreiches Dossier zu TTIP von der "Süddeutschen Zeitung" - http://www.sueddeutsche.de/thema/TTIP-Recherche Mein Twitter-Account...
www.vpro.nl/zml TTIP staat voor het Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, oftewel het TransAtlantisch Vrijhandels en Investeringsverdrag. TTIP is een voorstel van de Amerikaanse overheid en de Europese lidstaten om de handel tussen Europa en de VS makkelijker te maken. Maar wat houdt dit verdrag precies in? Zondag met Lubach zocht het uit. Zondag Met Lubach. Zeven dagen nieuws in dertig minuten, satirisch geremixt door Arjen Lubach. Met irrelevante verhalen van relevante gasten. Of andersom. Vanuit theater Bellevue in Amsterdam: platte inhoud en diepgravende grappen. Volg Zondag Met Lubach op Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/zondagmetlubach. En op Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/arjenlubach
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TTIP is a threat to our democracy and to our sovereignty. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership will give big businesses the same rights as nation states and allow them to sue elected governments in secret courts if they implement policies that affect their profits. It's a clash between democracy and a small, unelected elite of powerful business people at the top of society. TTIP is being debated in the European Parliament this week, with a vote Friday 12 June. We have to take action, so write to your representative and tell them to vote no to TTIP. More videos ► http://is.gd/OJvideos Useful links: My column on TTIP ► http://is.gd/OwenJonesTTIP1 George Monbiot on TTIP ► http://is.gd/monbiotTTIP1 http://is.gd/monbiotTTIP2 http://is.gd/monbiotTTIP3 http://is.gd/monbiotTTI...
There will be no deal this year between the EU and US on the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), says French President Francois Hollande. Several French and German ministers echoed the statement, citing US unwillingness to compromise. READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/7nxd RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion Yo...
Tomorrow I will go to San Francisco
I bought the flight by accident last night
Later I´ll be dancing down in Rio
And Australia is on the other side
[Bridge]
I´m sick of this security I have with every step I ever
make
It´s like hell
Even if your words would fly like butterflies
I would not be afraid
´cause there´s nothing left to say
[Chorus]
Your commentary is not necessary
I made up my mind today
And noone can say
That it´s too far away
Coz I made up my mind today
and I´m sure
Many years have passed, they stole my longing
A trip around the world has been my dream
Behind the wall of silent hope, still waiting
That a princess in a golden cage is freed
[Bridge, Chorus]
I will taste the air on every continent
and maybe find a place to stay
I´ll think about your words when I see butterflies
and drink the best champagne
to your health
[1.strophe, Chorus(2x)]