TTIP Treaty Negotiations Loom as Investor-State Dispute Settlement Is Debated

摘要

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, known by the acronym TTIP, is a proposed trade and invest- ment agreement that is being negotiated between the European Union and the United States. "In early 2013, the United States-European Union High Level Working Group on Jobs and Growth ... discussed the prospects of a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and ' ... Reached the conclusion that a comprehensive agreement that addresses a broad range of bilateral trade and investment issues, including regulatory issues, and contributes to the development of global rules ...' should be concluded. ...It argues that TTIP is in the mutual interest" of the United States and the European Union. Andreas Freytag, Peter Draper & Susanne Fricke, The Impact of TTIP 5 (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V. 2014)(citations omitted) (direct download available at bit.ly/loo9ezE).