Think you know TTIP? Think again - Current Affairs Debate
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, commonly abbreviated to TTIP is a highly contentious bi-lateral trade agreement which ultimately seeks to create a free trade area between the United States and the European Union. Opinions are divided on this ambitious partnership. Critics see the reduction of regulatory barriers as a direct benefit to big business with fears private profit will be put above people’s needs and democratic rights. Advocates argue this partnership will increase the size of slumping European economies, as European firms will be able sell more goods and services in the US.
Studium Generale and ESA Concordantia invite you to our second Debate Café of the year. Join us on the 1st of December as we hope delineate and openly discuss TTIP with a panel leading experts.
Dominicanen Bookshop
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Entrance
Free
Moderator
Thomas Ziesemer
Panel
Ferdi De Ville
Evelyn Coremans
Wolfgang Koeth
Constantijn van Aartsen
Moderator:
Thomas Ziesemer, Associate Professor of Economics at School of Business and Economics and United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT). Fields of Interest: International, development and environmental economics, economics of growth and technical change, microeconomics
Panel:
Ferdi De ville, Associate Professor at the Centre for EU Studies, Ghent University. Ferdi De Ville has also done policy advisory research on European trade policy for the Flemish government. Recently published a book titled "TTIP: The Truth about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership".
Evelyn Coremans, PhD Researcher at KU Leuven. Coremans is doing research about the transparency of TTIP, “The Transparency-Secrecy Trade-off in European Union Trade Policy. and follows the negotiations closely. She is affiliated to Leuven International and European Studies (LINES), KU Leuven. LINES is the KU Leuven’s institute for the study of international politics and European affairs at the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Wolfgang Koeth, Senior Lecturer in EU External Relations, Common Commercial Policy and External Financial Instruments at the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA). Before joining EIPA in 2009, Mr Koeth was Team Leader at the EU office in Pristina (Kosovo), in charge of implementing the European Commission's assistance in the Rule of Law sector. Prior to the 2004 enlargement, he worked as a Political Advisor and Programme Manager within the EC Delegation in Vilnius (Lithuania) and as a Lecturer in European Affairs at the University of Vilnius. He also spent some years at the European Parliament as a political advisor, specialising in the EU’s relations with its Eastern neighbours.
Constantijn van Aartsen, PHD fellow at the Institute for Corporate Law, Governance and Innovation Policies (ICGI), Maastricht University. His research focuses on a critical examination of the role of self-interest in Corporate Law, Governance and Social Responsibility. He was born in Pretoria, South Africa in 1987 and graduated cum laude in 2013 with an LL.M. Globalisation and Law – Corporate and Commercial Law. He has experience as a project manager and consultant in the field of corporate governance, risk management and internal controls.