01.09.2016
- The future of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, under negotiation for three years, is looking increasingly dimmer. After Germany’s vice chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel...
18.05.2015
- By a vote of 52 to 45 (a majority of 60 was needed), the US Senate has declined to pass the Trade Promotion Authority bill that would have given President Barack Obama the power to...
29.03.2013
- The United States is striving to find an appropriate balance in Asia-Pacific free trade talks between providing strong patent and data protections for U.S. drug manufacturers and...
06.10.2012
- The Obama administration's reluctance to push for 12 years of data protection on "biologic" medicines in free-trade talks is a growing concern for U.S. drug manufacturers who...