Trade & Tariffs

European Parliament Report: Economic Regulations with the US

By Jordan Smith

Regulatory reform will undoubtedly be the most ambitious and complex portion of the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations between the European Union and the United States. The European Parliament held a hearing on the matter, opening the floor for debate between policy experts, academics, and key stakeholders. Each piece of testimony acknowledged […]

Jonathan Faull on Transatlantic Approach to Financial Reform

On October 9, the Atlantic Council hosted Jonathan Faull, director-general of Internal Market and Services at the European Commission, to discuss recent European financial regulatory reforms, EU bank re-capitalization efforts, and the future of the transatlantic economic partnership broadly. The discussion was moderated by C. Boyden Gray Fellow Dr. Chris Brummer, and touched on issues […]

NATO Secretary General: ‘I Strongly Support’ TTIP

Some may ask why the Secretary General of NATO should kick off a discussion on trade between the United States and the European Union.

Business Roundtable Report: “TPP: An Opportunity for America”

By Brett McGee

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) faces an uphill battle to ratification. Even before the government shutdown was on the radar, many considered TPP as one of the most ambitious trade negotiations the United States has ever attempted. TPP aims to establish free trade standards between the US and eleven other countries at varying levels of development. […]