TTIP

TTIP
Author: Ferdi De Ville
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-11-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781509501014

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has stirred passions like no other trade negotiation in recent history. Its supporters maintain that TTIP will produce spectacular growth and job creation; claims that are wholeheartedly rejected by its critics, who regard TTIP as a direct assault on workers' rights, health and safety standards and public services. In this incisive analysis, Gabriel Siles-Brugge and Ferdi de Ville scrutinize the claims made by TTIP's cheerleaders and scaremongers to reveal a far more nuanced picture behind the headlines. TTIP will not provide an economic 'cure-all', nor will it destroy the European welfare state in one fell swoop. Thanks to unprecedented levels of protest and debate around TTIP, however, neoliberal trade negotiations are well and truly back in the spotlight. In this respect, TTIP could well prove to be a 'game-changer' - just not in the way imagined by its backers.

The Politics of Transatlantic Trade Negotiations

The Politics of Transatlantic Trade Negotiations
Author: Dr Tereza Novotná
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2015-05-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1472443640

By focusing on the wider process of negotiations, this novel volume presents the first systematic analysis of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The authors include scholars and practitioners from across disciplines and various academic institutions around Europe and North America, but also from outside of the transatlantic basin. While presenting a thorough examination of the process of TTIP negotiations, the volume is divided into four parts with each part examining a broader theme and offering three or four shorter exploratory chapters that are accessible to academics, students, policy-makers and a wider audience.

TTIP

TTIP
Author: Ferdi De Ville
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2015-11-20
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1509501053

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has stirred passions like no other trade negotiation in recent history. Its supporters maintain that TTIP will produce spectacular growth and job creation; claims that are wholeheartedly rejected by its critics, who regard TTIP as a direct assault on workers' rights, health and safety standards and public services. In this incisive analysis, Gabriel Siles-Brugge and Ferdi de Ville scrutinize the claims made by TTIP's cheerleaders and scaremongers to reveal a far more nuanced picture behind the headlines. TTIP will not provide an economic 'cure-all', nor will it destroy the European welfare state in one fell swoop. Thanks to unprecedented levels of protest and debate around TTIP, however, neoliberal trade negotiations are well and truly back in the spotlight. In this respect, TTIP could well prove to be a 'game-changer' - just not in the way imagined by its backers.

Framing TTIP in the European Public Spheres

Framing TTIP in the European Public Spheres
Author: Alvaro Oleart
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2020-11-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3030536378

This book explores the debate and politicisation of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations in the Spanish, French and British public spheres. It addresses the questions of how and to what extent the national media discourses about TTIP were Europeanised, and how this type ofEuropeanisation contributes to the democratic legitimacy of the EU. The author argues that the politicisation of TTIP should be seen as a symptom of the ‘normal’ politics of a democratic polity, as it enlarges the political arena by embedding European issues into national political debates. Demands for ‘Another Europe is Possible’ empower rather than hinder the legitimacy of the EU.

Mega-Regional Trade Agreements: CETA, TTIP, and TiSA

Mega-Regional Trade Agreements: CETA, TTIP, and TiSA
Author: Stefan Griller
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2017-08-15
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0192536583

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada (CETA), proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the EU and the US (TTIP), and the plurilateral Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) between the EU and 22 other States have sparked a great deal of academic and public interest. This edited collection brings together leading experts in the field of international economic law to address the legal complexities of these treaties and provide an explanation of their core principles. In the first two chapters, this book examines changing conceptions of international economic law and the main motivations for negotiating mega-regional agreements. In nine further contributions, international experts examine sectoral issues such as the trade, investment, and dispute settlement procedures envisaged in these 'mega-regional' agreements. The book goes on to consider the progress made in intellectual property protection, the problems associated with data protection, human rights, labour, and environmental standards, issues of transparency and legitimacy, and the relationship between CETA, TTIP, and TiSA on the one hand and EU law on the other. It concludes with four chapters that discuss globalization and other fundamental questions surrounding these mega-regional agreements from economic, political science, and legal perspectives.

TTIP In Focus: 11 Myths Exposed

TTIP In Focus: 11 Myths Exposed
Author: Eoin Drea
Publisher: Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies
Total Pages: 12
Release: 2015-04-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

This paper exposes 11 myths around the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Author: Benoît Thieulin
Publisher: Conseil national du numérique
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2013-05-07
Genre:
ISBN:

On 25 July 2013, the Minister for Foreign Trade, Nicole Bricq, asked the French Digital Council to submit its recommendations on the digital part of the planned Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) currently under negotiation between the European Union and the United States. The working group, directed by Benoît THIEULIN, therefore held a series of hearings with stakeholders in the negotiations, including French and American companies, civil society organisations, professional organisations and administrations. In March 2014, its 30 members unanimously voted an opinion. The report, named “Strengthening EU’s negotiation strategy to make TTIP a sustainable blueprint for the digital economy and society”, is composed of the voted opinion and several recommendations on specific issues that might be discussed during the TTIP negotiations. The Council considers that : European Union values are vital levers for building a negotiating strategy on chapters that include digital issues;Europe’s digital market structure must be based on lasting safeguards: the right to regulate, the ability to regulate in the future, and respect for the European Union’s sovereignty and freedom of competition are among their number. They must be used in negotiating the digital chapter of the proposed partnership;The European Union is in a position to add to the opening-up and extension of its digital market by developing trade relations with new partners such as countries in Asia and Africa;With a market of 500 million consumers, mobilisation of both public and private stakeholders is a priority: putting together a digital strategy and strengthening alliances between Member States are both positive levers for successful trade negotiation.

Mega-Regional Trade Agreements

Mega-Regional Trade Agreements
Author: Thilo Rensmann
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2017-07-20
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3319566636

This book provides an in-depth analysis of "Mega-Regionals", the new generation of trans-regional free-trade agreements (FTAs) currently under negotiation, and their effect on the future of international economic law. The main focus centres on the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), but the findings are also applicable to similar agreements under negotiation, such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).The specific features of Mega-Regional Trade Agreements raise a number of issues with respect to their potential effect on the current system of international trade and investment law. These include the consequences of Mega-Regionals for the most-favoured-nation (MFN) principle, their relation to the multilateral system of the World Trade Organization (WTO), their democratic legitimacy and their interaction with existing bilateral investment treaties (BITs).The book is intended for academics and practitioners working in the field of international economic law.

Regulatory Autonomy in International Economic Law

Regulatory Autonomy in International Economic Law
Author: Andrew D. Mitchell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Australia
ISBN: 9781785368165

Chapters relating to regulatory coherence or cooperation are becoming significant features in new preferential trade agreements, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). While the existing literature has considered in detail the potential for harmonisation of standards or institutional cooperation and its impact on the regulatory autonomy of treaty parties, this chapter focuses on those elements of regulatory coherence that relate to domestic processes for the development of regulations. It examines whether the adoption of 'good regulatory practices' in accordance with the TPP will help to ensure that measures states enact to protect non-economic interests (such as the environment or public health) are consistent with other key obligations of international trade and investment law. Although many elements of good regulatory practice mirror the criteria used to distinguish legitimate regulatory measures from disguised protectionism, there is no guarantee that a tribunal will come to the same conclusions as those reached during a domestic regulatory impact assessment.

Intellectual Property Rights for Geographical Indications

Intellectual Property Rights for Geographical Indications
Author: Mario Veneziani
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2016-09-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1443896349

Regulations on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Geographical Indications (GIs) have a long history, leading back to two separate organizations devoted to dealing with them: the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The WTO, through its 1994 TRIPS Agreement, gives wines a high level of protection, but leaves individual countries to draw up national GIs legislation for other agri-food products. On the other hand, the WIPO implemented the Lisbon Agreement of 1958 and gives GIs a high level of protection, but involves a lower number of countries. The US approach follows the WTO and is based on existing trademarks and competition legislation, while the EU legislation is partly based on the Lisbon Agreement and has a sui generis legislation, giving a high level of protection to agri-food GIs. The two different legislative approaches on IPRs on GIs are a source of political and economic debate between the US and the EU that impact massively on agri-food supply chains, consumer relations, and environmental and cultural aspects, as well as trade. This book provides insights into the potential impacts that the future Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement could have at national, European and international level, and covers areas such as policy setting, implications for trade and consumer perception, food safety, and rural and local development. As such, it will provide a reference point for researchers and academics in agricultural and rural economics and law, as well as policy makers.