JSIS 495: Task Force - Winter 2014: Task Force B

Philip Wall MW 3:30-5:20

The US-EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) holds the potential to be the most significant bilateral trade agreement ever negotiated. The sheer size of the US-EU trade relationship (the largest in the world at US $1 trillion annually in goods and services) makes any outcome that expands bilateral trade significant. Further, the range of new issues (investment liberalization) and new global rules (intellectual property rights, environment, labor), as well as the goal of eliminating longstanding, costly differences over regulations, standards, and other non-tariff barriers, promises to influence the future shape of the multilateral trade system. In our Task Force, we'll survey the history and structure of the global trading system, including the WTO, then delve into the specifics of what the United States and European Union are trying to achieve. Our goal will be to analyze key elements of the negotiations, assess the costs and benefits in terms of US interests, and hopefully develop some sound policy recommendations to help US negotiators achieve a successful TTIP agreement.

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