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A fresh start for TTIP

The T-TIP negotiations remain extremely complex, and pushed for time given the political pressure to get an agreement signed by 2016. What is achievable and feasible in that time frame?

By: Bruegel Date: March 16, 2015 Topic: Global Economics & Governance

Featuring:

– Cecilia Malmström, EU Commissioner for Trade

– Gary C. Hufbauer, Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC

– André Sapir, Senior Fellow, Bruegel

Interviewed by Sandra Gathmann Gonzalez on the occasion of Bruegel’s event A Fresh Start for T-TIP: Strategies for moving forward.

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