Forum: TTIP: Political and Economic Rationale and Implications

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership will reduce tariffs and lower regulatory hurdles that currently impair trade between the EU and the US. However, TTIP has been controversial from the outset. Non-governmental organisations are concerned about lowered health and environmental standards, unions fear a further weakening of labour conditions, and economists debate whether or not there will actually be any noticeable impact on employment and GDP growth.

This Forum, featuring contributions by the speakers at the 2015 Intereconomics conference, presents a balanced overview of both the prospective benefits as well as the possible drawbacks to the potentially monumental trade agreement.

articles include:

+ Jacques Pelkmans: TTIP: Definition, Rationale and Significance
+ Thea M. Lee: TTIP Must Protect Jobs, Workers and Public Services
+ Federica Mustilli: Estimating the Economic Gains of TTIP
+ Lucian Cernat, Ana Norman-López and Alessandra Tucci: How Important Will the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Be for EU Small and Medium-sized Enterprises?
+ Monique Goyens and Léa Auffret: TTIP: What Is in It for Consumers?
+ Galina Kolev, Jürgen Matthes: TTIP: Effects on the Automotive Industry

• Primary Source

Intereconomics: Archive http://archive.intereconomics.eu/years/

ESO: Key Source: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) http://www.europeansources.info/record/transatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership-ttip/

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