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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821127403321

Titolo

Rule-makers or rule-takers? : exploring the transatlantic trade and and investment partnership / / edited by Daniel S. Hamilton & Jacques Pelkmans ; contributors, Freya Baetens [and twenty-five others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : Rowman and Littlefield International, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78348-712-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (561 p.)

Disciplina

341.7543

Soggetti

Non-tariff trade barriers - Law and legislation - European Union countries

Non-tariff trade barriers - Law and legislation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Rule-Makers Or Rule-Takers? ; TABLE OF CONTENTS ; List of Figures, Tables & Boxes ; List of Abbreviations ; About the Contributors ; Preface ; Part I. Rules, Norms, and Standards ; 1. Rule-makers or rule-takers? An introduction to TTIP ; 2. This time it's different: Turbo-charging regulatory cooperation; 3. TTIP's Hard Core: Technical barriers to trade and standards; 4. Quantifying Non-Tariff Measures for TTIP; 5. Transatlantic Investment Treaty Protection; 6. Transatlantic Investment Treaty Protection - A response to Poulsen, Bonnitcha & Yackee ; 7. TTIP and Consumer Protection

8. TTIP's Broader Geostrategic ImplicationsPart II. Sectoral Issues; 9. Agriculture, Food and TTIP: Possibilities and pitfalls; 10. TTIP and Public Procurement; 11. TTIP: The services dimension; 12. Telecommunications and the Internet: TTIP's digital dimension; 13. Greater TTIP Ambition in Chemicals: Why and how; 14. TTIP and Energy; 15. Gains from Convergence in US and EU Auto Regulations under TTIP ; About the CEPS-CTR Project: TTIP in the Balance; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A timely and in-depth analysis of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) aimed at decision makers, advisors and analysts.