| Rule-Makers or Rule-Takers?: Exploring the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Contributor(s): Pelkmans, Jacques (Editor), Hamilton, Daniel S. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1783487119 ISBN-13: 9781783487110 Publisher: Centre for European Policy Studies OUR PRICE: $108.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | International - Economics - Political Science | International Relations - Trade & Tariffs - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 5.8" W x 9" (1.90 lbs) 560 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is an effort by the United States and the European Union to reposition themselves for a world of diffuse economic power and intensified global competition. It is a next-generation economic negotiation that breaks the mould of traditional trade agreements. At the heart of the ongoing talks is the question whether and in which areas the two major democratic actors in the global economy can address costly frictions generated by their deep commercial integration by aligning rules and other instruments. The aim is to reduce duplication in various ways in areas where levels of regulatory protection are equivalent as well as to foster wide-ranging regulatory cooperation and set a benchmark for high-quality global norms. In this volume, European and American experts explain the economic context of TTIP and its geopolitical implications, and then explore the challenges and consequences of US-EU negotiations across numerous sensitive areas, ranging from food safety and public procurement to economic and regulatory assessments of technical barriers to trade, automotive, chemicals, energy, services, investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms and regulatory cooperation. Their insights cut through the confusion and tremendous public controversies now swirling around TTIP, and help decision-makers understand how the United States and the European Union can remain rule-makers rather than rule-takers in a globalising world in which their relative influence is waning. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pelkmans, Jacques: - Jacques Pelkmans is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels.Hamilton, Daniel S.: - Daniel S. Hamilton is the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Professor and Director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University. |