TTIP, Trade and regulatory co-operation: Benefits and costs. 5 March 2015
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TTIP, Trade and regulatory co-operation
Benefits and costs
5 MARCH 2015, 15:00 – 18:30
European Parliament, Room A1G2 (Simone Veil entrance)
(Interpretation: FR, DE, IT, NL, EN, DA, EL, ES, PT, FI, SV, CS)
Guest speakers:
– Jeronim Capaldo, author of the “Tufts report”
– Ronan O'Brien, independent researcher
Documents
The Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: European Disintegration, Unemployment and Instability – Jeronim Capaldo Study – EN – IT – FR – DE
The TTIP’s impact: bringing in the missing issue – Ronan O'Brien
Regulatory cooperation at the core of TTIP and its likely consequences – Ronan O'Brien
15.00. Welcome and introduction by MEPs Helmut Scholz and Paloma López Bermejo
15:10: Panel 1:
– Jeronim Capaldo: TIIP European disintegration, unemployment and Instability (Tufts University)
– Lucien Cernat: DG Trade's Chief Economist: Benefits of the TTIP
15:40: Debate with MEPs, respondents Joe François, contractor that carried the study for the Commission, Alex Izurieta, Sr Economist of UNCTAD, and other participants
16:20: Panel 2:
– Ronan O' Brien, independent researcher: Regulatory cooperation and TTIP's impact: bringing in the missing issue
– Myriam Vander Stichele, researcher on financial and regulatory issues (SOMO)
16:50: Debate with MEPs, respondents Ferdi De Ville (University of Gent) and Mute Schimpf (Friends of the Earth), and other participants,
17:30: Final turn of all speakers and respondents
18.15: Closing remarks by MEPs Eleonora Forenza and Anne-Marie Mineur
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