TTIP : the truth about the transatlantic trade and investment partnership / Ferdi De Ville and Gabriel Siles-Brügge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ville, Ferdi de, author.

Siles-Brügge, Gabriel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations.

European Union countries--Foreign economic relations--United States.

European Union countries.

United States--Foreign economic relations--European Union countries.

United States.

North Atlantic Region--Economic integration.

North Atlantic Region.

International economic integration.

Physical Description:

xii, 192 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2016.

Summary:

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has stirred passions like no other trade negotiation in recent history. Its supporters maintain that it will produce spectacular growth and job creation - claims that are wholeheartedly rejected by its critics, who regard TTIP as a direct assault on workers' rights, health and safety standards and public services. In this incisive analysis, Gabriel Siles-Brügge and Ferdi De Ville scrutinise the claims made by TTIP's cheerleaders and scaremongers to reveal a far more nuanced picture behind the headlines. TTIP will not provide an economic 'cure-all', nor will it destroy the European welfare state in one fell swoop. Thanks to unprecedented levels of protest and debate, however, neoliberal trade negotiations are well and truly back in the spotlight. In this respect, TTIP could well prove to be a 'game-changer' - just not in the way imagined by its backers. Book jacket.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Growth and jobs

Setting global standards

The bottom line : cutting red tape

Challenging TTIP

Conclusion: seizing the TTIP moment

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781509501014

1509501010

9781509501021

1509501029

OCLC:

910475593