The Politics of Transatlantic Trade Negotiations: TTIP in a Globalized World

The book provides the first critical analysis of the transatlantic negotuiations for a Treaty regarding Investmest and trade ( TTIP). Why are the negotuiation so difficult to achieve. One of the reasons is the political implications: at domestic level, the multipkle social, economic lobbying and politoical actors playing a role by the decsioon making process ( within the Eu at national and EU levels); and externally, the opposition or resistance by other global trade playesr like China and the WTO. What link between the interregional negotiation and the global multilateral framework? the book provides the outcome of an interdisciplinary resrarch of one year mobilizing outstanding scholars on both part of the Atlantic and from China.