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%T Trade agreements with side-effects? European Union and United States to negotiate Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership %A Mildner, Stormy-Annika %A Schmucker, Claudia %P 8 %V 18/2013 %D 2013 %K Marktzugang; Zölle; Nichttarifäre Handelshemmnisse; Auswirkung internationalen Abkommens; Internationale Handelsordnung; WTO-Welthandelsrunde 01. (Doha, 2001-11-09); Dienstleistungen; Handelsumlenkung; Streitbeilegungsverfahren (WTO) %@ 1861-1761 %~ SWP %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-346607 %X "At the G8 summit in Northern Ireland on June 17, the European Union and the United States kicked off the negotiations for a comprehensive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to reduce tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers. While the expected economic benefits for both sides would be more than welcome in an era of gloomy growth forecasts, a TTIP is not entirely without risks for global trade and the multilateral trading system. The talks could tie up a considerable portion of EU and US negotiating capacity and divert attention from the WTO Doha Round. More broadly, potential trade-diverting effects could function to the detriment of other trading partners. Such side-effects should be avoided. The 'high road' of international trade policy must remain the WTO, with bilateral agreements making sense only as a stepping stone to multilateral liberalisation. Alongside the TTIP talks, the Transatlantic Partners should therefore continue to push for a conclusion of the Doha Round. And the TTIP must be designed to be compatible with WTO rules." (author's abstract) %C DEU %C Berlin %G en %9 comment %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info