Category: Transatlantic Finance Initiative

What does the selection of the new European Commission mean for TTIP?

Who’s Who & Who’s New?Now that incoming European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has announced the proposed composition of the next Commission, TTIP Action will introduce several of the new commissioners, their portfolios, and their role in the European Union over the course of the next several weeks. Today’s edition introduces Cecilia Malmström, the incoming commissioner […]

News on TTIP and the need for a new European Economic Strategy

Big Cities Benefit from Free Trade – so why are Democrats Stalling it?In her article, Nina Easton wonders why some labor unions are still opposing the conclusion of TTIP and TPP when it is exports that has been boosting post-recession economic gains and job growth in big cities. Data shows that, in the first two […]

TTIP – A Transatlantic Agreement in a New Phase of Globalization

By Marie Kasperek

On September 8, Italian vice–minister for Trade Carlo Calenda presented the priorities of the Italian Presidency of the European Council of Ministers to the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee. He was joined by US Ambassador to the EU Gardner who was invited to speak on the state of the transatlantic relationship and TTIP in particular.

The Local Debate about TTIP in Several European Countries

TTIP – Debate: European Goals and FearsIn this video from Deutsche Welle, an international German broadcaster, Olaf Böhnke, head of the Berlin Office of the European Council on Foreign Affairs is interviewed on the European goals and fears about TTIP. Böhnke says that even though agriculture and food safety issues currently make the headlines in […]

Natural Gas: A New Hope for TPP

By Katelyn Lamson

Though squabbles over automobiles and agricultural products appear to have stalled negotiations for the time being, all hope for a deal is far from lost. Indeed, there is one issue that might prove the lynchpin of concluding negotiations: energy. A free trade agreement that includes an element of national treatment of liquefied natural gas has […]

Chrismer on Split Between the West and BRICS Countries Over Ukraine

By Andrew Chrismer

Global Business and Economics Program Assistant Director Andrew Chrismer writes for The Hill’s Congress Blog on why the growing divide between the BRICS countries and the West over Ukraine could lead to a new era of bipolarity: 

Turning the Tides: The Role of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in TTIP

By Cale Rogoyski

The key to rallying support for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) among skeptical politicians and voters in the United States and the European Union may be to highlight the growing evidence showing that small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) stand to gain greatly from a comprehensive TTIP agreement. While many skeptics characterize TTIP as […]

Chris Brummer Speaks On Self-Regulation In Financial Markets At CFA Institute

On June 12, 2014, Chris Brummer, C. Boyden Gray Fellow, delivered remarks Self-Regulation panel at CFA with Amarilis Sardenberg Chair of the Board of BM&FBOVESPA Market Supervision and Susan Wolburgh Jenah, the President and CEO of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada. [details here] On the panel, presenters highlighted the pivotal role of self […]

TTIP Action: June 12

By Global Business & 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).