U.S. Has Not Put Forward Proposals For Most TTIP Sectors, Leak Shows

An informal "state of play" document circulated by the European Commission and obtained by Inside U.S. Trade shows that the United States has not put forward any written proposal for eight out of the nine industrial sectors being discussed as part of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) regulatory cooperation negotiations. The sectors under negotiation are cars, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, cosmetics, textiles, information and communications technology, engineering and pesticides. While the European Union has put forward position papers...