What is the problem with TTIP?

Policy Brief

23/02/2016

How public services are affected by TTIP and what can be done about it.

The linkage between international trade deals and public service delivery is a constant branch of political and economic debate. The ongoing negotiations on a proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) add just another important chapter to this key narrative of globalized economic relations. Even more, as this fundamental revision of EU – US economic relations came not just as a reaction to persisting economic atony and low growth rates, but also as a major attempt to gain momentum in stuck multilateral trade negotiations. 

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