A total of 9,000 protesters paraded in the heart of Brussels around the European Union (EU) institutions to demonstrate against the bloc's trade deals with the United States and Canada late Tuesday, fearing those agreements would harm Europe's industries and social benefits.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters against two free trade deals across the Atlantic took to streets in seven German cities on Saturday, showing their great concerns about interests losses.
As Brussels and Washington are struggling to conclude a landmark bilateral trade talks by the end of this year, recent intensified critique from European politicians, along with year-long protests, cast doubt and uncertainty over the deal's future.
The European Commission is making steady progress in the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations and "the ball is rolling" on it, a spokesman of the European Union's (EU) executive body said on Monday.
The United States will continue to talk with the EU on the Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement, despite Britain's vote to leave the EU.
U.S. President Barack Obama is defending his transatlantic trade deal on a visit to Germany though tens of thousands of Germans took to the street to oppose the bill.
Negotiations on a landmark U.S.-EU free trade deal could drag beyond the end of the Obama administration in January 2017, with contentious issues ranging from investment protections, data flows to regulatory coherence unlikely to be worked out before the U.S. presidential campaign heats up next year, experts said.
Massive demonstrations against the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) being negotiated between the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) reveal deep concerns among European citizens about the economic, social, health, environmental and cultural implications of the proposed agreement.
Major political groups in the European Parliament (EP) called Tuesday for a more common sense approach to Wednesday's vote on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
EP big guns rally in favor of new TTIP proposals
A top European Union (EU) official on Friday continued to push for the inclusion of financial regulation in a free trade agreement with the United States, saying it's vital to ensure global financial stability.
A second round of negotiations aimed at removing trade barriers between the European Union and the United States in a wide range of areas was launched Monday.
A senior European Union (EU) official on Tuesday said in Washington that the U.S. side needs to tighten privacy laws to rebuild trust that's been damaged during the National Security Agency (NSA) eavesdropping scandal, as the issue has already put Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations in jeopardy.
U.S. and EU negotiators concluded Friday their first round of talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, laying out a framework for future discussions.
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