Tips for the TTIP
After three years of negotiating, the US-EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is simply not where it needs to be – and, without public support, it never will be. Shifting popular opinion will require changes in how trade is conducted and how society adjusts to openness and progress.
MADRID – Three years ago, the United States and the European Union launched negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), promising to complete them on “one tank of gas.” But now the talks are running on fumes, with sniping on both sides and the political window for an agreement closing fast.