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Post-Brexit Global Trade Relations: The Death of TTIP?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Amanda Lyons-Archambault
Amanda Lyons-Archambault*
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Student at Washington & Lee University School of Law [[email protected]]

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Prior to Britain's popular referendum on whether to remain a member of the European Union, parts of the public in Britain and other European states had already expressed a great range of emotions concerning on-going negotations between the European Union and the United States regarding the bi-lateral Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, more commonly referred to as “TTIP.” In February 2013, the European Commission optimistically projected that TTIP “would be the biggest bilateral trade-deal ever negotiated,” with the potential to “add 0.5% to the EU's annual economic output.” Most notably, TTIP seeks to streamline administrative rules and technical product standards in order to remove trade barriers, and aims to “achieve ambitious outcomes” across three broader areas—(a) market access, (b) regulatory issues and non-tariff barriers, and (c) rules, principles, and new modes of cooperation to address shared global trade challenges and opportunities.

Type
Brexit Special Supplement
Information
German Law Journal , Volume 17 , Issue S1: Brexit Special Supplement , 01 July 2016 , pp. 39 - 44
Copyright
Copyright © 2016 by German Law Journal, Inc. 

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