transatlantic trade

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 and dispute settlement; don’t throw baby out with bathwater

By Nicolette Butler Filed Under: Europe, Featured Posted: May 23, 2014

The proposal of a mechanism for investors to sue foreign governments is one of the more contentious aspects of the on-going EU-US trade talks. But as Dr Nicolette Butler argues, the benefits of neutrality and de-politicisation in dispute resolution should not be hastily discounted. As the latest round of EU-US trade talks rumble into their final day, […]

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 […]

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

TTIP and dispute settlement; don’t throw baby out with bathwater

The false promise of EU-US trade talks

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