This new report by Martin Myant – Senior Researcher at the European Trade Union Institute – describes why the negotiating parties want a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), what the agreement will contain and what trade liberalisation may lead to. It argues that TTIP offers no improvements in economic or social conditions for European citizens. On the contrary, the Partnership threatens a reduction in protection for employees and consumers and a substantial enhancement of the power of private business. 

If the Partnership is to be continued at all, then it should do so with the exclusion of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement and with means to ensure there is no reduction in regulatory protections through attempts to achieve compatibility.