Transatlantic perspectives on TTIP - Can TTIP deliver jobs and growth by bridging regulatory divergences?
PAST
EVENT
EVENT
Jan 30, 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. Charles Ries, a former senior U.S. diplomat with over 30 years of experience in trade negotiations, and Hugo Paemen, previously the EU’s Chief Negotiator during the Uruguay trade talks, got together to discuss existing regulatory barriers and the process of negotiating and concluding TTIP. The discussion reviewed the challenging areas of regulatory divergence and convergence for TTIP.
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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