The new politics of trade : lessons from TTIP / Alasdair R. Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Alasdair R., author.

Contributor:

Charles H. Maxson Fund.

Series:

Comparative political economy

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.

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.

Physical Description:

xv, 160 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Agenda Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

The negotiation of international trade agreements has become the issue of the moment. With Brexit, a change in administration in the United States, a fragile economic recovery in the Eurozone, and China facing a slowdown in its growth, nothing is more critical to the future global economy than the terms of trade between its largest economic blocs. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is Europe's most controversial trade agreement ever. Aimed at reducing regulatory barriers between the United States and the EU, it was expected to be fairly straightforward given strong business support on both sides of the Atlantic. It has not been so. The negotiations have dragged on far longer than anticipated and now look set to fail altogether. Yet the process of its negotiation, the terms of the potential agreement and its sticking points provide valuable lessons for policy makers and academics tasked to bring future trade deals and arrangements to successful conclusions. Alasdair Young offers a penetrating analysis of the complexities of the TTIP negotiations and explores why they have proved so difficult to conclude, what motivates the different parties concerned and what implications there are for politics and policy. Young throws light on the limits of the transatlantic cooperation and the processes of globalization and teases out the implications for the UK in its post-Brexit trade negotiations and for other nations now facing a more protectionist stance from the United States. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Misplaced optimism 1

2 The transatlantic economy: Interpenetrated not integrated 17

3 TTIP's ambition in context 29

4 Cooperation: Transatlantic business alliances 53

5 Contestation: The politicization of trade policy 67

6 Herding cats: Intra- and intergovernmental coordination 93

7 Brexit and Trump: Body blows to TTIP 111

8 Lessons from TTIP 123.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-154) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles H. Maxson Fund.

ISBN:

1911116746

9781911116745

9781911116752

1911116754

OCLC:

987422564

Publisher Number:

99981319552