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Bridging policy and science, the closed-door event will aim to boost a fruitful dialogue between key speakers from city networks, city governments, academia, specialist partners, and a selected expert audience. Following an introductory brief presentation and supported by keynote interventions, the seminar will first survey how cities are contributing to the current (state-based) international climate regime and then delve into the preliminary characteristics of an urban climate standard of diligence.

Objective

This one-day public seminar aims to provide information on the main issues being negotiated under TTIP, what it means for firms and consumers in EU member states, particularly in Spain, and how the proposed partnership could possibly reconfigure the matrix of economic governance at the global level. Ultimately, the seminar will aim to respond to the question of whether the TTIP would reinforce or weaken the EU’s position in the global economic governance.

By bringing together researchers studying various economic, legal and political aspects as well as regulatory integration issues, the event will draw on topical issues and employ an interdisciplinary approach. The seminar will divide into a keynote speech, focusing on a global perspective to the TTIP; two panels and conclusions.

Participants

SPEAKERS

Jordi Bacaria

Director CIDOB

Lorand Bartels

Senior Lecturer in Law in the Faculty of Law and a Fellow of Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge

Ricard Bellera

Secretary for International, Migration and Cooperation for the Trade Union CCOO of Catalonia.

Richard Craven

Senior lecturer at Northumbria Law School, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne

Shaun Donnely

Shaun Donnelly oversees USCIB’s work on foreign investment policy,

Sangeeta Khorana

Professor of Economics at Bournemouth University in UK.

Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso

Professor of Economics at the University of Göttingen since 2006

Cristina Manzano

Editor-in-chief of esglobal

Xavier Mas de Xaxàs

Journalist specialised in foreign affairs

Lars Nilsson

Deputy Head of the Chief Economist and Trade Analysis Unit of the European Commission's Directorate General for Trade

Álvaro Schweinfurth

Deputy Director of the International Affairs Department in charge of trade, development and policies related to the promotion of trade and investment abroad

Christian Tietje

Director of the Institute for Economic Law, and director of the Transnational Economic Law Research Centre (TELC) at the Law School

Gregory Voss

Professor of Business Law at Toulouse University, Toulouse Business School (TBS)

TTIP negotiations: caught between myth and reality?” PERFORMED ACTIVITY

Program

09:30h

TTIP negotiations: caught between myth and reality?

May 27, 2015

Sala Jordi Maragall, CIDOB. Elisabets 12, 08001 Barcelona

Organised by: CIDOB with the support of the U.S. Consulate General in Barcelona and the Europe for Citizens programme

09.30-09.45 Welcome and introduction

Jordi Bacaria, Director, CIDOB

09.45-10.30 What is TTIP? A global perspective

Keynote Speech: Shaun Donnelly, Vice President, Investment and Financial Services, United States Council for International Business (USCIB)

The economic and geopolitical rationales of TTIP negotiations
Does TTIP offer an opportunity to provide momentum to the development and implementation of international regulations and standards (multilateral or otherwise plurilateral) and set the benchmark for developing global rules?

10.30-11.00 Coffee break

11.00-13.45 TTIP: the main novelties

Moderator: Xavier Mas de Xaxàs, Journalist, La Vanguardia

Álvaro Schweinfurth, Deputy Director, Foreign Policy and Multilateral Relations Department, CEOE

Impact on competitiveness and innovation

Christian Teitje, Halle University

Investment Protection and Investor-State Dispute-Settlement in TTIP

Richard Craven, Northumbria University

Gregory Voss, Toulouse Business School

The public procurement chapter of TTIP: Possibilities for enhancing market access
Security and Privacy Implications of e-Procurement in TTIP

Lorand Bartels,University of Cambridge

EU’s approach to social standards and TTIP

13.45-14.30 Networking lunch

14.30-16.15 What implications does the TTIP have for the EU and its partners?

Moderator: Cristina Manzano, Editor-in-Chief, ESGlobal

Lars Nilsson, Deputy Head of the Chief Economist and Trade Analysis Unit, Directorate General for Trade, European Commission

Implications for the EU as a whole

Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, Georg-August Universitaet Goettingen

Economics of Labour standards under TTIP

Ricard Bellera, Secretary for International Affairs, Migration and Cooperation, Comisiones Obreras of Catalonia (CCOO)

Implications for Spain and Catalonia, in particular

16.15-16.30 Closing statement

Sangeeta Khorana, Keele University

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