The Impact of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on International Cooperation

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• About the author
• About the book
• This eBook can be cited
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• References:
• Chapter 1. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the International Security System
• 1. US policy towards Europe and Asia after WWII
• 2. The US political dilemma: orientation towards Asia or Europe?
• 3. The TTIP’s importance for the transatlantic region
• 4. The TTIP’s global significance
• Conclusions
• References
• e-sources:
• Chapter 2. Regional Trade Agreements of the EU and the US — What Is the Common Ground?
• 1. Characteristics of the EU and US regional trade agreements
• 2. Methodology of the analysis
• 3. Areas covered by the WTO law
• 4. Economic and trade-related measures not covered by WTO
• 5. Areas not covered by the WTO law
• Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 3. Regulatory Cooperation Under the TTIP. If You Can Read This, You’re Too Close
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Regulatory Cooperation Provisions
• 3. What is New, Then?
• Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 4. Geographical Indications in the US-EU TTIP negotiations
• 1. Geographical Indications as part of the system of intellectual property rights
• 2. Models of GIs protection
• 3. Geographical Indications in the TTIP
• Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 5. ISDS and the TTIP—A Polish Perspective
• 1. Critics of ISDS
• 2. Investment dispute settlement in the TTIP
• 3. Investment dispute settlement from the Polish perspective
• Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 6. Will Polish Exports Be Affected by Trade Diversion Resulting from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership?
• 1. Polish and American exports of the EU’s most tariff-protected product groups
• 2. Tariff protection of the top Polish export products and their position vs. US exports
• Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 7. Trade Barriers in Services and Merchandise Trade in the Context of the TTIP: Poland, the EU and the United States
• 1. Review of methods
• 2. Tariff Profiles: the EU and the US
• 3. Estimation method and data
• 4. Estimation results
• Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 8. Liberalization of trade flows under the TTIP from a small country perspective. The case of Poland
• 1. Poland-EU-USA trade profile
• 2. The model and data
• 3. Simulation scenarios
• 4. Simulation results
• Conclusions
• References
• Appendix: additional tables
• Chapter 9. How Can the TTIP Affect the Polish Economy. A Study Based on Input-Output Tables
• 1. Input-output tables
• 2. Method and results
• Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 10. The Potential Effects of the TTIP on Polish and other CEEC Exports to the United States
• 1. Consequences of the free trade area
• 2. Central and Eastern European countries exports to the United States in 2004–2014
• 3. The TTIP and the exports of Poland and other CEE countries to the United States
• Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 11. The potential impact of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on crude oil and distillates’ trade between the US and the EU, with implications for Poland
• 1. Methodological remarks
• 2. The situation on EU and US markets
• 3. EU and US crude oil trade
• 4. EU-US trade in refined products
• 5. Potential flow of oil and refined products between the USA and the EU
• Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 12. Energy in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership – the Domestic Perspective
• 1. The primary energy mix
• 2. Coal in the Polish energy policy
• 3. Hydrocarbons in the Polish energy policy
• 4. The role of renewables and the possibility of introducing nuclear energy into the Polish energy policy
• Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 13. The European Union as the United States’ Partner in Research and Development Cooperation
• 1. R&D potential of the EU and US
• 2. Mutual R&D investment
• 3. Patent cooperation
• 4. Scientific cooperation
• Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 14. Trade in ICT Services Between the EU and the US in the Context of the TTIP
• 1. The issues of statistics on trade in ICT services
• 2. Position of the EU in the ICT service trade with the US
• 3. Conditions for the development of the ICT service sector in the EU in the context of the TTIP
• Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 15. Concerns over the TTIP Regarding Public Health
• 1. The link between the TTIP and public health
• 2. Regulatory cooperation
• 3. The most common concerns over the TTIP with respect to health
• 3.1. Trade in services
• 3.2. Dispute resolution – Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)
• 3.3. Pharmaceuticals
• 3.4. Food and chemicals
• Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 16. Regions in the United States and European Union in the 21st Century – Wealth of Citizens, Convergence Processes and Spatial Dependencies
• 1. Methodology and data
• 2. Estimation results
• Conclusions
• References
• Appendix
• Chapter 17. Trade Deals with the US. What Can We Learn from the Aussie Case?
• 1. Structure and methodological remarks
• 2. General characteristics of the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA)
• 3. Identification of long-term trade effects
• 4. Political context and controversies
• Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 18. The TTIP and Banana Trade from the Aspect of Policy Coherence for Development
• 1. Policy Coherence for Development
• 1.1. The role of PCD in the EU
• 1.2. Trade in the EU’s development cooperation
• 2. The TTIP and banana trade
• 2.1. Characteristics of the banana sector
• 2.2. Effects of the TTIP on developing countries and banana trade
• Conclusions
• References
• Instead of conclusions