The Impact of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on International Cooperation

The impact of TTIPleaks on the negotiations of and debate about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has been more limited than its name and announcement would lead us to expect. This is, first, because the leaked ‘consolidated documents’ only show the European Union's (EU) and United States’ (US) positions on a number of negotiating areas but does not unveil concessions made by either side in the pursuit of a compromise. Therefore, it contains little surprising information for observers of the negotiations. But a second reason for the lack of uproar is that for only about half of the expected chapters in TTIP a text has been leaked, either because there is no consolidated text yet for the other issues in the negotiations or because Greenpreace did not get hold of it. One of the chapters lacking in the TTIPleaks is on ‘Trade and Sustainable Development’. This is an interesting issue area because the advocates often argue that this chapter will help ensure that TTIP upholds and strengthens social and environmental standards.

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Just the TTIP of the Iceberg? Dynamics and Effects of Information Leaks in EU Politics

European Journal of Risk Regulation ◽

10.1017/s1867299x00005614 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 242-246 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Ronny Patz

Keyword(s):

Interest Groups ◽

Major Element ◽

Policy Networks ◽

The Political ◽

Transatlantic Trade ◽

Public Debates ◽

The Difference ◽

The Impact ◽

Level Of Importance ◽

Trade And Investment

“[M]any observers agree that the Commission has been ‘leaking like a sieve’”.Leaks have become a major element of European Union politics. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) leak in early May 2016 is neither the first of its kind nor will it be the last. Transparency by leaks – or “transleakancy” as the series of publications of confidential TTIP negotiation documents has already been coined – is one element of the political game that different interest groups, governmental and non–governmental, play on both sides of the Atlantic. And yet, leaked EU documents have been shared in wider policy-networks all along, independent of whether they have received media attention or not. The difference is that leaks similar to those that we see on TTIP have reached a new level of importance. Here, themere fact of their existence makes them newsworthy. The impact of these leaks on public debates is seen as amajor risk for negotiators.

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The Impact of an EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement on Biofuel and Feedstock Markets

Journal of Agricultural Economics ◽

10.1111/1477-9552.12200 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 68 (2) ◽

pp. 321-344 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

John C. Beghin ◽

Jean-Christophe Bureau ◽

Alexandre Gohin

Keyword(s):

Transatlantic Trade ◽

Partnership Agreement ◽

The Impact ◽

Trade And Investment

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Evaluation of the impact of transatlantic trade and investment partnership agreement between EU and USA on the export of Lithuanian agricultural and food products

Management Theory and Studies for Rural Business and Infrastructure Development ◽

10.15544/mts.2014.073 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 36 (4) ◽

pp. 784-793

Author(s):

Jolanta Droždz ◽

Birutė Stankaitytė

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Swot Analysis ◽

Meat Products ◽

The United States ◽

Moderate Increase ◽

Transatlantic Trade ◽

The Us ◽

Partnership Agreement ◽

The Impact ◽

Trade And Investment

EU negotiations with the US on Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement is a priority issue in EU Trade Policy. Economic benefit expected as well as many doubts and concerns arise about the content of the agreement. TTIP agreement will have a direct impact on Lithuania, as an EU Member State. It is important to investigate the Lithuanian agricultural and food exporters’ plans and expectations of the opening of the US market, to represent properly their interests and to make suggestions on how to overcome emerging threats. The main goal of the article was to prepare recommendations to Lithuanian agricultural and food exporters for market development. Article was based on expert evaluation and SWOT analysis. This article deals with the results of the assessment. The qualitative study showed that there is expected a strong breakthrough of gluten wheat, meat and meat products, and bakery products’ exports from Lithuania to the United States. A slightly smaller but no less important growth is projected for dairy products’ exports. Among the exports from Lithuania to the United States a moderate increase is expected for ice-cream, crab sticks and fish products, chocolate and beer exports, mainly due to the already available experience in the American market.

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TTIP as a Platform for Progress in Pharma and Medtech Regulations

European Journal of Risk Regulation ◽

10.1017/s1867299x00005675 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 274-279

Author(s):

Bart Van Vooren ◽

Charlotte Ryckman

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Medical Devices ◽

The United States ◽

Good Opportunity ◽

Transatlantic Trade ◽

Starting Point ◽

Potential Impact ◽

The Impact ◽

Trade And Investment ◽

The Eu

Opponents of the transatlantic trade and investment partnership treaty (TTIP) fear that the EUmight lose the capacity to protect public health as it deems appropriate. The freedomto regulate would be jeopardized because TTIP would bind the EU to the United States’ regulatory interests, which are expressly or implicitly assumed to live up to a ‘lower’ standard than those in the EU. The ‘TTIP–leaks’ provide a good opportunity to examine the potential impact of the agreement on EU public health regulation. This brief contribution uses as its starting point the document “Tactical State of Play of the TTIP negotiations” (hereafter “Tactical Document”) of March 2016, and focuses on pharmaceuticals and medical devices. In light of the statements in this document, we query what would change for the EU consumer, and what would be the impact on the EU regulators’ role in protecting public health.

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