Transatlantic Perspectives on TTIP - What prospects for SMEs?
PAST
EVENT
EVENT
Mar 11, 2014
00:00 - 00:00
The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is unprecedented in scope and ambition. When concluded, the TTIP will become the world’s largest free trade pact. All the economic analysis points to big economic gains from a trans-Atlantic free trade area, but there will, of course, be winners and losers. If Small and Medium Sized Businesses (SMEs) are the backbone of the European and American economies, where do they stand and who speaks for them in the transatlantic negotiations? Representatives for small businesses as well as regulators from both the United States and the European Union got together to discuss the prospects and challenges for SMEs.
The Sustainable Prosperity for Europe (SPfE) Programme explores the foundations and drivers for achieving a sustainable, resilient and competitive European economy.
Prospering within the planetary boundaries requires rethinking our economic model, including our production and consumption patterns, as well as our energy, mobility and food systems. It requires addressing the climate emergency and environmental degradation, as well as becoming smarter with the resources we have. The transition to the world we want must bring both businesses and people along, if it is to succeed.
The Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Agenda provide the direction for travel globally and in Europe, and the SPfE Programme engages in a debate on the drivers and the means for achieving our goals. The Programme focuses on areas where working together across the EU can bring significant benefits to the member states, citizens and businesses and can ensure sustainable prosperity within the limits of this planet.
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