The EU and the US are facing similar challenges: fiscal consolidation and the fight against unemployment. Moreover, European and American economies are tightly connected and interdependent in terms of trade and investment. As such, the idea of a comprehensive transatlantic free trade area is gaining ground among political elites as a means to boost growth and jobs. Would a transatlantic free trade market boost economic growth and employment for both sides of the Atlantic? Does regulatory convergence risk weakening the social and industrial relation models in several EU countries further still? Would such a project weaken the multilateral trading system or, on the contrary, would it contribute to avoiding a return to protectionism and to set a new standard for FTAs at the global level?
A Citizen's Controverversy with Mr Zaki LAÏDI, Professor of International Relations at Sciences-Po and Mr Peter CHASE, Vice President of the US Chamber of Commerce to the European Union.
The debate will be moderated by Mr Pierre DEFRAIGNE, Executive Director, Madariaga-College of Europe Foundation;
The debate will be held in English.
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