TTIP – IS TRANS-ATLANTIC TRADE DEAL DOOMED?
January 1st, 2017
WITH President Donald Trump having consigned the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal to the dustbin of history, focus is now switching to his intentions over the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) that has been under negotiation since 2013.
If completed, this could be one of the biggest trade deals ever signed – uniting the economies of the USA and the European Union (EU), which will still be huge, even if Britain makes good on its 2016 referendum result to quit the bloc.
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