Category: Trade in Action

What We’re Reading: January 9

By Global Business and Economics Program

TTIP Action aggregates the latest news and best analysis from across the United States and European Union on the ongoing negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

TTIP and TPP: The Catalyst for the WTO’s Deal in Bali?

In case you missed it, last weekend all 159 countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) reached an agreement in Bali after adding an additional day to the negotiation. Bali represents the first time that all WTO member-states were able to come to an agreement since the 1994 Uruguay agreement that created the organization itself. […]

Bridging the Transatlantic Economy: TTIP in Historical Perspective

By Garrett Workman and Jordan Smith

Each year, the University of Virginia’s Miller Center hosts the Caplin Conference on the World Economy, which assembles scholars, experts, government officials, and leaders in business and finance to examine the impact of US economic policy at home and abroad. The 2013 Caplin Conference, held on December 2 at the National Press Club in Washington, […]

What We’re Reading | December 3

TTIP Action aggregates the latest news and best analysis from across the United States and European Union on the ongoing negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

What We’re Reading | November 26

Onto Round 3!US chief TTIP negotiator Dan Mullaney and EU chief negotiator Ignacio Garcia-Bercero shake hands after the conclusion of the second round of negotiations in Brussels on November 15.

Close to a Deal in Bali: The WTO Makes its Case

By Jordan Smith

According to new World Trade Organization Director-General Roberto Azevedo, the WTO is very close to an agreement on a global reform trade package by the end of the month. This deal, the Bali Package, would primarily address three concerns: bureaucratic barriers in trade negotiations, agriculture issues and development topics.