Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

 

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a proposed Free Trade Agreementbetween the EU and the USA, with the aim of promoting multilateral economic growth

The US Government considers the TTIP a companion agreement to the Trans-pacific Partnership(TPP)

TTIP is about reducing the regulatory barriers to trade for big business, things like food safety law, environmental legislation, banking regulations and the sovereign powers of individual nations