Category: Trade in Action

December 11 – 2015: A Make or Break Year?

2015 promises to be a pivotal year for the TTIP negotiations, and global trade generally. After a (hopefully) restful holiday season, a new Congress is coming to a snow-covered Washington today — and the European Union is returning to work in Brussels to outline its goals for 2015. Trade is high on both agenda, as […]

December 11 – 2015: A Make or Break Year?

By Global Business & Economics Program

2015 promises to be a pivotal year for the TTIP negotiations, and global trade generally. After a (hopefully) restful holiday season, a new Congress is coming to a snow-covered Washington today — and the European Union is returning to work in Brussels to outline its goals for 2015. Trade is high on both agenda, as […]

Happy Holidays from TTIP Action

By Global Business & Economics Program

Happy Holidays from TTIP Action Dear readers, thank you so much for your attention, help, and support of TTIP Action over the course of 2014. It has been a pleasure working on this important and timely topic, and I am looking forward to continuing to help inform an educated debate about the future of TTIP […]

TTIP Action | December 2

By Global Business & Economics Program

  Donald Tusk Takes Office as President of the European Council“Both we and the Americans are responsible for the future of our relations. The year ahead will be crucial.”On December 1, former prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk replaced Herman van Rompuy as the President of the European Council. At the handover ceremony, he stressed […]

TTIP Action | November 25

By Global Business & Economics Program

– We wish all of you and your families a Happy Thanksgiving! Please note that due to the holidays, there will be no TTIP Action on Thursday, November 27-  Statement by Ambassador Michael Froman Following Meeting with European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström“We have an opportunity to work together for a fresh start to the […]

TTIP Action | November 20

By Global Business & Economics Program

New European Union Ambassador David O’Sullivan Presents His Credentials“TTIP is a once in a generation opportunity to strengthen the greatest economic corridor in the world and give a significant boost to global trade.”At the beginning of this week, Ambassador David O’Sullivan presented his credentials to President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony, formally assuming […]

TTIP and Trade figure prominently on the G20 and post-G20 Agenda

By Global Business & Economics Program

TTIP: Towards an Ambitious and Forward- Looking PartnershipThe former chairman of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee, Vital Moreira, looks at the potential benefits of TTIP for both producers and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic, using Portugal as a case in point. To him the success of an agreement of this impact rests […]

November 13 TTIP: Big Opportunities for Small Business

By Global Business & Economics Program

TTIP: Big Opportunities for Small BusinessSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in both the United States and European Union stand to gain significantly from the implementation of an ambitious Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership. Using data from a targeted survey and interviews conducted with SME executives on both sides of the Atlantic, the report “TTIP: Big […]

TTIP Action October 28

By Global Business & Economics Program

How NSA Spying, Google and Chlorinated Chickens Are Pitting Germans Against Americans – And What to Do About ItIn his excellent, in-depth opinion piece, Sigmar Gabriel, vice-chancellor of Germany, explains how the “chlorine chicken”  has come to symbolize German fears about TTIP. Instead of treating TTIP like a zero-sum game, the German public should be […]

TTIP Action | October 23

By Global Business & Economics Program

The Importance of the Internet and Transatlantic Data Flows for US and EU Trade and InvestmentIn his most recent blog entry, Joshua Meltzer, fellow for global economy and development at Brookings, stresses the importance of data flows for transatlantic trade, and global investment. With regards to TTIP, he underlines that the transatlantic economic relationship is […]