Gabriel Siles-Brügge

How the danger from the EU-US trade agreement TTIP still lurks in the fine print

By Gabriel Siles-Brügge Filed Under: All posts, Europe Posted: April 26, 2016

Controversy surrounding the UK’s trading relationship with the US continues, following President Barack Obama’s visit here. Whilst investment protection remains the key issue in the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks, Gabriel Siles-Brügge argues that a key danger is being ignored: the agreement’s cross-cutting regulatory provisions. This week sees the 13th round of […]

Why Brexit is a bad idea if you want to avoid the effects of TTIP

By Gabriel Siles-Brügge Filed Under: All posts, Brexit Posted: March 11, 2016

While prominent left-wing critics of the EU argue that Britain can avoid the worst excesses of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership by leaving the EU, Dr Gabriel Siles-Brügge argues that a Brexit may actually be counterproductive. Stiglitz and the left ‘Brexiters’ ‘I think that the strictures imposed by TTIP [the Transatlantic Trade and Investment […]

TTIP- Time to focus on the big stuff

By Ferdi De Ville and Gabriel Siles-Brügge Filed Under: All posts Posted: October 12, 2015

On Saturday, a number of demonstrations were held across Europe to protest against TTIP and other trade agreements (notably the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement [CETA], the Trans-Pacific Partnership [TPP] and the Trade in Services Agreement [TiSA]). Next week, EU and US officials will return to the negotiating table in Miami for the 11th […]

Beyond the headlines on TTIP: Beware the fine print

By Gabriel Siles-Brügge and Nicolette Butler Filed Under: All posts, Europe, Featured Posted: June 1, 2015

Although much of the criticism in the UK of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has focused on the NHS and ‘corporate tribunals’, Gabriel Siles-Brügge and Nicolette Butler argue that this overlooks one of its central purposes: a series of provisions that could make it more difficult for governments to regulate in the public […]

Honest debate needed on TTIP – not simplistic slogans

By Ferdi De Ville and Gabriel Siles-Brügge Filed Under: All posts, Europe, Featured Posted: February 20, 2015

European Commissioners calling the adoption of the TTIP trade agreement a ‘no-brainer’ is not conducive to the honest debate on the EU-US free trade agreement that is needed, argue Ferdi De Ville and Gabriel Siles-Brügge. European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and European Financial Services Commissioner Jonathan Hill have written that concluding the Transatlantic Trade and […]

Negotiations making it harder to ‘sell’ free trade

By Gabriel Siles-Brügge Filed Under: Europe, Featured Posted: November 25, 2014

Trade negotiations are increasingly impinging on the way economies are regulated domestically, making it harder to ‘sell’ free trade, argues Dr Gabriel Siles-Brügge. ‘The European economy stands or falls on our ability to keep markets open, to open new markets, and to develop new areas where Europe’s inventors, investors, and entrepreneurs can trade’, said the […]

‘Lies’ : Elections, outbursts and EU-US free trade talks

By Gabriel Siles-Brügge and Ferdi De Ville Filed Under: Europe, Featured Posted: May 23, 2014

The European elections have coincided with the latest round of talks on the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Dr Gabriel Siles-Brügge and Dr Ferdi De Ville argue that election campaigns have continued to put advocates of the deal on the defensive, but it has not prompted any fundamental shift in their position. ‘We observe […]

As the smokescreen clears, time for more honesty on EU-US trade pact

By Gabriel Siles-Brügge and Ferdi De Ville Filed Under: Europe Posted: January 27, 2014

Although negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the US were launched with bombastic rhetoric, the last couple of weeks have seen confidence wane, write Ferdi De Ville and Gabriel Siles-Brügge. They argue that negotiations will take longer and the economic benefits of a deal will be far smaller […]

The false promise of EU-US trade talks

By Ferdi De Ville and Gabriel Siles-Brügge Filed Under: Europe, Featured Posted: December 13, 2013

On Monday the latest round of talks on the EU-US free trade agreement get underway. Gabriel Siles-Brügge and Ferdi De Ville challenge the proclaimed benefits of this much-vaunted deal. Rather than represent ‘the cheapest stimulus package you can imagine’, they argue the deal is a distraction that is unlikely to significantly boost growth. ‘This is […]

How the danger from the EU-US trade agreement TTIP still lurks in the fine print

Why Brexit is a bad idea if you want to avoid the effects of TTIP

TTIP- Time to focus on the big stuff

Beyond the headlines on TTIP: Beware the fine print

Honest debate needed on TTIP – not simplistic slogans

Negotiations making it harder to ‘sell’ free trade

‘Lies’ : Elections, outbursts and EU-US free trade talks

As the smokescreen clears, time for more honesty on EU-US trade pact

The false promise of EU-US trade talks

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