The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is the most significant trade policy initiative … since the Uruguay Round (1986 to 1994). It would create a free trade zone covering 45% of world GDP. However, critics … estimated general equilibrium trade model. Assuming that the TTIP will reduce transatlantic trade costs by as much as existing …

and Investment Partnership (TTIP). We use a multi-country, multi-industry Ricardian trade model with national and … flow elasticities of trade costs and of existing PTAs. We simulate the trade, value added, and welfare effects of the TTIP … rest of the world relative to the status quo. However, there is substantial heterogeneity across the 134 geographical …

. Even with the same agreement, FTA effects are weaker for more distant pairs and for pairs with otherwise high levels of ex … addition, we are able to relate asymmetries in FTA effects to each country's ability to influence the other's terms of trade … between any pair of countries. A simulation of the general equilibrium effects of TTIP demonstrates the importance of our …

Asia accounts for more than 30% of world GDP and contributes half of the global growth in recent years. Despite high …

The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States of … America would be the largest preferential trade agreement in the world. Encompassing almost half of world GDP, it will have …-state dispute settlement and argue that the TTIP will have discriminatory effects on at least some third countries. However …

FTAs. Hence, greater democratic instability induces governments to boost their FTA commitments. In a dataset with 116 …

world regions experience small reductions of GDP due to trade diversion effects …