Negotiations to resurrect the European and American economies through a new comprehensive trade agreement began in Washington, on July 8-12, 2013. This panel brings a discussion of that agreement under negotiation on its many faces. Panelists will uncover and debate the political stakes of the on-going negotiations, including (but not limited to) intellectual property and innovation, food regulation, decision-making processes, joint assessment procedures, multilateralization, participation for corporate and civil society interests, parliamentary accountability, and democratic legitimacy.

Panelists and their areas of expertise:

Marija Bartl, PhD(EUI) (University of Amsterdam, Postdoctoral Researcher on the Architecture of Postnational Rulemaking) framing the emergent TTIP as a new variety of a troubling institutional form, raising a specific set of  epistemic and democratic concerns. 

Jesus Bores (Lawyer; Professor of International Trade & European Law) presenting expectations for innovation protection and industrial property rights.

Harold Godsoe (American University, Washington College of Law, LLM Candidate in International Trade Law) on opportunities for negotiators to promote multilateralization within the agreement.

Fernanda Nicola (American University, Washington College of Law, Professor of European Law) showing that even though economists are driving sector-specific negotiations they are overlooking horizontal rule-making challenges embedded in distinct administrative legal cultures.

Jordi Serratosa, PhD (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Associate Professor for Food and Veterinary Legislation) examining the difficulties in using and justify science as basis for legislation – food regulation in particular – and showing how an understanding of historical SPS disputes could be an elegant basis to support the agreement.

Discussant: Daniela Caruso (Boston University, Professor of Law).