A closer look at the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

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On 14 June 2013, the Council of the European Union, which is made up of government ministers of the Member States, gave the European Commission a mandate to conduct negotiations with the United States on a transatlantic trade and investment agreement.
There are several names for this draft partnership in English (TAFTA - Trans Atlantic Free Trade Agreement; TTIP - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) and French (PTCI - Partenariat transatlantique de commerce et d’investissement).

The negotiations are based on three pillars:

  • market access (agricultural and industrial goods, services, public procurement);
  • non-tariff barriers to trade, animal and plant health measures, and regulatory cooperation;
  • rules (intellectual property and geographical indications, energy and raw materials, competition, rules of origin, trade facilitation, sustainable development).
    Last updated: 09/10/2015