The end of the Transatlantic trade consensus?

Though he has not explicitly pulled the US out of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks, US President Trump’s economic nationalism dims the prospects for a transatlantic trade deal. With TTIP dead in the water, the EU must now pivot its trade strategy towards Asia. It is in Europe’s interest to build a coalition of Asian economies that support liberal rules-based trade and to reach strategic, standard-setting agreements with them.

• Primary Source

ESO: Key Source: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) http://www.europeansources.info/record/transatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership-ttip/

ESO: Background information: Blowin’ against the Wind: the Future of EU trade Policy http://www.europeansources.info/record/blowin-against-the-wind-the-future-of-eu-trade-policy/

ESO: Background information: Driving trade in the ASEAN region: Progress of FTA negotiations http://www.europeansources.info/record/driving-trade-in-the-asean-region-progress-of-fta-negotiations/

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