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Regimes Governing the Re-Use of Personal Data in the US and the EU: A Primer on Mass Surveillance and Trade
Written by Thomas Ruddy
Abstract: Like others before them, the negotiators of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TAFTA | TTIP) must observe differences in the regimes of their respective trading blocs. The international trade regime, for instance, is an EU competence, but national security is not. As for the re-use of personal data, […]
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A Transatlantic Partnership with Ripples Across the Oceans: What Does Africa Stand to Gain or Lose?
Written by Philani Mthembu
Abstract: The Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) – currently known as Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) – may be negotiated in Brussels and Washington, but the ripples will be felt throughout the global political and economic landscape. Of particular concern to developing countries and Africa in particular is the potential […]
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The Transatlantic Colossus
Written by Ole Wintermann
A Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the US aims to ease business activities across the Atlantic. TAFTA | TTIP is a colossal undertaking that, if concluded, will establish the largest FTA in history. It is sold as a panacea but is that simple?
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Macroeconomic effects of TAFTA/TTIP
Written by Thiess Petersen
Abstract: According to a purely macroeconomic perspective, a comprehensive free trade agreement between the US and EU is beneficial for both parties. Although different model calculations arrive at different quantitative conclusions, all calculations share the assessment that TAFTA | TTIP will increase real gross domestic product and employment both in the US […]
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The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership as a New Strategy to Marginalize Emerging Powers: A Divided Free Trade Order in the Making?
Written by Marc Venhaus
Abstract: The global financial crisis abruptly ended the golden age of neoliberal globalization (1990s-2008) for both the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) and caused a relative loss of their economic power. Simultaneously, the BRICS not only continued to catch up with an impressive pace (6% average GDP-growth), […]
