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The Transatlantic Partnership Agreement: an American perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2017

Claude Barfield
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Abstract

This paper discusses the internal dynamics of American trade policy making in the context of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations. The author describes the active role interest groups, the U.S. business community, and representatives on both sides of the political spectrum have played in the passing of Transatlantic Partnership Agreement (TPA), the TPP negotiations, and currently the TTIP debate. Lastly, the author lays out the challenges TTIP will continue to face in light of opposition to specific TPP provisions, trans-atlantic disagreement over ISDS and data flows, and the recent presidential elections.

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international tradeTTIPUnited StatesUSTREuropean Uniontrade agreements

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Research Article
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Business and Politics , Volume 19 , Special Issue 4: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) , December 2017 , pp. 659 - 682
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Copyright © V.K. Aggarwal 2017 and published under exclusive license to Cambridge University Press 

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