CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
Summary
Chapter 1: Introduction
Purpose and Scope of this Inquiry, Structure
of this Report
The road to TTIP
Box 1: Launch and Conduct of EU Trade Negotiations
Under the bonnet
Box 2: What is under negotiation: main elements
of the EU mandate
Non-Tariff Barriers
Estimated Impact
Box 3: Reducing Transatlantic Barriers to
Trade and Investment: Headline Results
Box 4: Estimating the Economic Impact on
the UK of a TTIP Agreement: Headline Results
A Living Agreement
Chapter 2: The Purpose of the TTIP
Growth
Jobs
Sectors
Consumers
Witnesses' Views
Conclusions and Recommendations
Other purposes
Geopolitical
Template for future trade negotiations
Catalyst or Substitute for the Doha Round
Unintended Consequences
Effect on Third Countries
Off-shoring jobs and deregulation
The price of failure
Conclusions and Recommendations
Chapter 3: Content of the TTIP
Automotive Sector
Objectives
Impact on investment, jobs and consumers
Other member states' views
Conclusions and Recommendations
Financial Services
Objectives
US response
Other member states' views
Conclusions & Recommendations
Flagship Issues
Procurement
Agriculture
Geographical Indications
Investment Protection and Investor-State
Dispute Settlement
Chapter 4: Securing a Deal
Concluding a Trade Agreement in the EU
Concluding a Trade Agreement in the US
Witnesses' Views
Timetable
Conclusions and Recommendations
Living Agreement
Transparency
Conclusions and Recommendations
Communication
Conclusions and Recommendations
Political Engagement
Conclusions and Recommendations
Chapter 5: Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations
Appendix 1: List of Members and Declarations
of Interest
Appendix 2: List of Witnesses
Appendix 3: Call for Evidence
Appendix 4: Evidence taken during visit to
Washington, D.C.
Appendix 5: Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
Evidence is published online at http://www.parliament.uk/hleuc
and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020
7219 5314)
References in footnotes to the Report are as follows:
Q refers to a question in oral evidence.
Witness names without a question reference refer
to written evidence.
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