Transatlantic Trade for All

The Transatlantic Free Trade Imperative

Transatlantic Trade s Transformative Potential

Winning the Transatlantic Trade Challenge

Today, that means a transatlantic free trade agreement.

The proposal for freer transatlantic trade is potentially transformational.

Transatlantic Trade Offs

Flew across the Atlantic?

The result in this case has been damage to the transatlantic relationship, with some in Europe even calling for a halt to the talks on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

But China s adherence to WTO rules on foreign investment prevented it from participating in TISA negotiations, ultimately impeding its trade and investment ambitions. (International politics was responsible for China s exclusion from the TPP and TTIP negotiations.)

More significant are Europe s other ongoing trade negotiations, which could be used to push the TPP TTIP agenda forward.

But realizing the TTIP s potential requires completion of the European integration project.

Transatlantic Free Trade?

Even in the absence of international rules, the EU and the US could take two actions to ensure that the TTIP does not have adverse consequences for developing economies.

In all of these areas, the TPP and TTIP seem to be about corporate capture, not liberalism.

The Transatlantic Growth Gap

If, however, the TTIP excluded third country firms from the mutual recognition policy, their competitiveness vis à vis European and American companies would diminish substantially.

The upcoming start of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks offer a key opportunity to advance the cause of stronger investment protection.

These are transatlantic submarine communication cables that travel across the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, connecting North America to Europe.

Getting to Yes on Transatlantic Financial Regulation

Turkey s Transatlantic Value

A transatlantic trade pact would align both economies with the fundamental interests of the West.

Although there are several ongoing trade and investment negotiations including the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA), the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) Chinese policies remain largely defined by the traditional World Trade Organization (WTO) framework.

Protectionism is no solution to the crisis, whereas a transatlantic free trade agreement would favor multilateralism and openness.

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So transatlantic trade is crucial for both economies, particularly for job creation.

MADRID US President Barack Obama s announcement that negotiations will begin on a comprehensive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has generated excitement on both sides of the Atlantic.

An ambitious transatlantic trade pact that is fully compatible with World Trade Organization standards and accepting of third parties should aspire to more than laying the groundwork for an economic NATO.

The bitter irony is that, at this suddenly inauspicious moment, Europe and the US are launching their most significant joint project since the creation of NATO a transatlantic free trade agreement.

WASHINGTON, DC The negotiations to create a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the European Union and the United States are being widely welcomed.

More significant, an engaged Japan that is willing to reach a deal will be a useful ally in pushing a forward thinking and balanced trade agenda, particularly as the TTIP and the TPP appear headed for difficult waters.

Nonetheless, it is clear that trade liberalization is gaining momentum. Consider the impressive scale and scope of other multilateral trade agreements such as the Trans Pacific Partnership, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, and the Trade in Services Agreement that are currently being negotiated.

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But if these two big players, both struggling to regain their luster, recognize the potential for the talks to be an engine for global trade reform, vital political will could and should be generated particularly if European officials can develop a bit of Abe s boldness. If we are to keep this de facto regional trade round moving forward, we need more than just the TTIP and the TPP to do the peddling.

Now that the TTIP talks have officially been launched, Europe must try to obtain the best terms that it can.

Today, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is finally on the table, promising to boost growth in the EU and the US alike.

The journalist David Ignatius even dared to give it a name in a recent article in The Washington Post TAFTA (Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement).

And we shot across the Atlantic in the core of this jet stream wind.

As a result, third country firms options will depend on how TTIP standards are established through harmonization (adoption of a common standard) or mutual recognition (acceptance of goods that meet one another s established standards).

Suspending the trade talks would be folly, not just in terms of the regional impact, but also because the TTIP should be an exercise in rule making that echoes globally.

The quantities are huge, which suggests that the TTIP could have an effect comparable to that of the single market for Europe.

There are two possible rafting routes, either across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa or across the Caribbean from North America.

Moreover, since 2008, US trade policy has deliberately abandoned multilateralism in order to pursue containment of China via a two pronged strategy the planned Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the TTIP.

Even today, Europe s military weakness is working to undermine the transatlantic relationship.