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Why TTIP: Growth, Jobs and Leadership

Rue Belliard 4-6, 1040 Brussels, Belgium. info@ecipe.org, www.ecipe.org. Why TTIP: Growth, Jobs and Leadership. Presentation at CEPI Paper Week Conference, November, 2013. Fredrik Erixon, Director, European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) www.ecipe.org.

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Why TTIP: Growth, Jobs and Leadership

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  1. Rue Belliard 4-6, 1040 Brussels, Belgium. info@ecipe.org, www.ecipe.org Why TTIP: Growth, Jobs and Leadership Presentation at CEPI Paper Week Conference, November, 2013 Fredrik Erixon, Director, European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) www.ecipe.org

  2. Rue Belliard 4-6, 1040 Brussels, Belgium. info@ecipe.org, www.ecipe.org TTIP - background • Transatlantic free trade: the ”olive branch” of transatlanticism • Transatlantic Economic Council in 2007: not an inspirational example • The failure of the Doha Round • The TTIP ”Promise”: tall ambitions, short time

  3. Rue Belliard 4-6, 1040 Brussels, Belgium. info@ecipe.org, www.ecipe.org Economics case: size matters!

  4. Rue Belliard 4-6, 1040 Brussels, Belgium. info@ecipe.org, www.ecipe.org Effects on trade and GDP

  5. Rue Belliard 4-6, 1040 Brussels, Belgium. info@ecipe.org, www.ecipe.org The ”leadership” agenda • TTIP not a defensive strategy to fend off emerging market competition • EU trade agenda • Pro-active global strategy • Addressing the structural problems of multilateralism: ”Large emerging markets consequential for global trade but behave as poor developing countries”

  6. Rue Belliard 4-6, 1040 Brussels, Belgium. info@ecipe.org, www.ecipe.org Can TTIP deliver on its promise? • Potential deal breakers: • Data protection • Precautionary principle • Agriculture • Technical and political challenges in regulatory convergence • ”21st Century issues”

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