MADRID Men's Nike React Hyperdunk Flyknit White Navy UK , July 21 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona striker Luis Suarez is setting his sights on more silverware after helping his side to the treble last season.
Although the Uruguayan was unable to play until October as the result of a FIFA ban, he was vital to the cause, scoring goals, producing assists and quickly striking up an understanding with Leo Messi and Neymar in the Barca attack.
As a result of last season's success, Barca kick off this campaign with the chance of winning 6 titles, adding the Spanish and European Supercups and the World Club Championships to the Champions League Men's Nike React Hyperdunk Flyknit Pale Grey Silver UK , BBVAP Primera Liga and King's Cup they conquered last time around.
"I want to win everything this season," said the Uruguayan, who is on tour with Barcelona in the United States, where they will face the LA Galaxy as well as Manchester United and Chelsea.
One player who is not on the tour is Messi as the Argentinean is enjoying his holidays after a long season saw him help his country to the final of the Copa America.
Messi came in for criticism after Argentina lost the final to hosts Chile, but Suarez doesn't understand those who look to attack his companion.
"It is inconceivable that some people want to criticize the best player in the world. We are all human and he wanted to win the title as much as anyone," he said.
He was also clear about rumors which say Messi wants to leave Barcelona after Joan Laporta was defeated by Josep Maria Bartomeu in the elections for the club Presidency last Saturday.
STRASBOURG, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The European Parliament (EP) finally approved Wednesday its recommendations to European Commission (EC) officials negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) with the United States.
In June, the vote on the recommendations was suspended after the EP's two major political groups, the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) and centre-left Socialists & Democrats (S&D), failed to agree the final text.
But a compromise was reached allowing the recommendations to be put to Parliament which voted in favor by 436 votes to 241, with 32 abstentions.
At a press conference after the vote Women's Nike Vandal 2K Black Gold UK , the rapporteur, German Socialist MEP (member of EP) Bernd Lange, said he was delighted that the EP had achieved a positive result, adding that MEPs had sent a clear signal to EC negotiators as to what can and cannot be negotiated in the trade pact.
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A compromise wording on investor-state dispute resolution tools, hammered out by political groups in long and tense negotiations and inserted in the text with 447 votes in favor, 229 against and 30 abstentions, calls for a new justice system to replace the controversial "investor state dispute settlement" (ISDS), which relies on private arbitration and are common in trade deals.
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Among the provisions MEPs want to see in the final TTIP agreement is the removal of U.S. restrictions on foreign ownership of transport services and airlines, improved EU access to America's giant telecommunications markets and a "significant opening" of the U.S. public procurement market at all levels of government. At the same time Women's Nike Epic React Flyknit Grey White UK , high levels of protection for EU consumer data, and health and safety must be guaranteed, they added.
MEPs also stressed that public services must be excluded from the scope of the deal, and there should be special treatment for "sensitive agricultural and industrial products." Mutual recognition of equivalent standards is another demand. However, the approved text stresses that there can be "no agreement" in areas where the U.S. standards are "very different", e.g. authorization of chemicals Women's Nike Epic React Flyknit Triple Black UK , genetically modified food and crops, use of hormones in the cattle sector, cloning or endocrine-disrupting chemicals.
The tenth round of the TTIP negotiations is scheduled for 13-17 July 2015 in Brussels. But, it remains to be seen how U.S. negotiators will respond to the MEPs demands.
America also has powerful lobbies -- for example, in agriculture -- that are just as keen to shield their markets from foreign competition. And U.S. policy makers could point to the sometimes painfully slow progress in allowing cross-border freedom of trade even between EU member states. In parts of the EU, some sectors Women's Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 35 Elemental Rose UK , like financial services or rail transport, are still all but closed to companies from other EU countries.
But at least Wednesday's vote enables the TTIP negotiating process to clear a significant hurdle.