German Position on the Transatlantic Trade  and Investment Partnership	 Cover Image

Niemcy wobec Transatlantyckiego Partnerstwa w dziedzinie Handlu i Inwestycji
German Position on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Author(s): Sebastian Płóciennik
Subject(s): Politics
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Germany; Transatlantic Partnership

Summary/Abstract: Several months ago the European Union and the United States started negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The agreement would lead to an integrated economic area between the parties. The talks, however, have been more difficult than anticipated. Germany is increasingly critical of TTIP, even though theoretically it would be among the partnership’s biggest beneficiaries. The article attempts to explain the scepticism of Germany, focusing on economic arguments and in particular its specific approach to economic growth and competition mechanism.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 91-109
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish