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TTIP could generate a ‘race to the top’

Patricia Garcia-Duran Huet By Patricia Garcia-Duran Huet Filed Under: Europe, Featured Posted: November 4, 2014

Far from creating an expanded free trade area in which anything goes, as critics claim, the TTIP is more likely to raise international standards through a regulatory ‘race to the top’, argues Patricia Garcia-Duran Huet. As part of Manchester Policy Week, policy@manchester will host a debate on the pros and cons of TTIP in Manchester […]

Tagged With: European Union, Ferdi De Ville, free trade, Gabriel Siles-Brügge, regulation, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP, United States

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

Picture of Dr Nicolette Butler 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, […]

Tagged With: EU-US trade, europe, free trade, ISDS, transatlantic trade, TTIP, United States

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

Gabriel Siles-BrüggeFerdi De Ville 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 […]

Tagged With: Commissioner, EU, europe, free trade, trade talks, transatlantic, TTIP, US

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

Gabriel Siles-BrüggeFerdi De Ville 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 […]

Tagged With: economic, EU-US trade, negotiations, trade deals, TTIP

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The false promise of EU-US trade talks

Ferdi De VilleGabriel Siles-Brügge 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 […]

Tagged With: European trade, free trade, trade agreement, transatlantic trade, TTIP, US trade, US-EU trade

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