The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is an agreement, currently under negotiation, between European Union and United States aimed at creating a wide free trade area. The agreement should include the reduction of both tariff and non-tariff trade barriers, the access to public procurement, the regulation of foreign direct investments and the denition of shared technical standards in some industrial sectors. The debate on the impact of such partnership is particularly erce, but still scarce are the analyses trying to forecast the possible consequences of the agreement on the two parts. This work offers some preliminary insights on the effects that TTIP could have on the sectoral industrial dynamics of the two partners, starting from a comparison of their productive systems. In particular, our research questions are the following: is it reasonable to expect that both sides have equal interests in the signature of the agreement? Is there any evidence of a possible unequal impact on the different industrial sectors? The main aim is to suggest some preliminary considerations on these issues, starting from a comparative analysis of the productive systems in the United States and in Europe. Subsequently, analogies and differences will be highlighted, on the basis of which to identify some first policy indications.
Il partenariato transatlantico su commercio e investimenti (TTIP Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) e' un accordo attualmente in corso di negoziazione tra Unione Europea e Stati Uniti volto alla creazione di un'ampia zona di libero scambio. L'accordo dovrebbe riguardare la riduzione delle barriere (di natura sia tariffaria che regolatoria), l'accesso alle commesse pubbliche, la regolamentazione degli investimenti diretti esteri e la definizione di standard tecnici condivisi in alcuni settori industriali. Il dibattito sull'impatto che tale partenariato avra e particolarmente acceso, ma sono ancora relativamente pochi i lavori che hanno cercato di anticipare le conseguenze che potra avere l'accordo sui rapporti competitivi fra i due blocchi. Questo lavoro propone una prima riflsione sugli effetti che la conclusione del TTIP potrebbe avere sulle dinamiche settoriali industriali dei due partner, a partire dal confronto tra i loro sistemi produttivi. In particolare, le domande che ci si pone sono le seguenti: e' ragionevole aspettarsi che entrambe le parti abbiano interessi analoghi alla conclusione dell'accordo? Esiste evidenza di un possibile impatto disomogeneo tra i diversi comparti industriali? L'obiettivo finale e' elaborare alcune prime considerazioni su questi temi partendo da un'analisi comparata dei sistemi produttivi di Stati Uniti ed Europa, per passare successivamente ad evidenziare analogie ed elementi di diversita' sulla base dei quali elaborare alcune prime considerazioni di policy.
Rubini, L., Di Tommaso, M.R., Tassinari, M. (2015). Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Alcune riflessioni sulle implicazioni per l’industria europea e americana. ECONOMIA MARCHE JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECONOMICS, 34(1), 51-71.
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Alcune riflessioni sulle implicazioni per l’industria europea e americana
Di Tommaso, M. R.;
2015
Abstract
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is an agreement, currently under negotiation, between European Union and United States aimed at creating a wide free trade area. The agreement should include the reduction of both tariff and non-tariff trade barriers, the access to public procurement, the regulation of foreign direct investments and the denition of shared technical standards in some industrial sectors. The debate on the impact of such partnership is particularly erce, but still scarce are the analyses trying to forecast the possible consequences of the agreement on the two parts. This work offers some preliminary insights on the effects that TTIP could have on the sectoral industrial dynamics of the two partners, starting from a comparison of their productive systems. In particular, our research questions are the following: is it reasonable to expect that both sides have equal interests in the signature of the agreement? Is there any evidence of a possible unequal impact on the different industrial sectors? The main aim is to suggest some preliminary considerations on these issues, starting from a comparative analysis of the productive systems in the United States and in Europe. Subsequently, analogies and differences will be highlighted, on the basis of which to identify some first policy indications.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.