TTIP 101 Briefing Part 2: Dean Baker, CEPR
Dean Baker
March 22, 2016
Real-World Economics Review
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TTIP 101 Briefing Part 1- Melinda St. Louis, Public Citizen The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) held an introductory briefing about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on March 17, also featuring Melinda St. Louis, Public Citizen, Celeste Drake, AFL-CIO & Karen Hansen-Kuhn, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. TTIP is a potential bilateral, far-reaching ...
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TTIP 101 Briefing Part 1- Melinda St. Louis, Public Citizen
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) held an introductory briefing about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on March 17, also featuring Melinda St. Louis, Public Citizen, Celeste Drake, AFL-CIO & Karen Hansen-Kuhn, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.
TTIP is a potential bilateral, far-reaching free trade agreement between the United States and the European Union. Negotiations have been ongoing since 2013 and both sides are aiming to complete the agreement by the end of this year. As the U.S. and the E.U. continue to negotiate this massive deal behind closed doors, experts gave an overview of some of the threats posed by the TTIP agreement in a number of areas, including environmental standards, financial reform, food safety, chemical safeguards, and unfair investor protections.
To learn more, please visit: http://www.citizen.org/tafta |
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