The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has stirred passions l
ike no other trade negotiation in recent history. Its supporters maintain that T
TIP will produce spectacular growth and job creation; claims that are wholeheart
edly rejected by its critics, who regard TTIP as a direct assault on workers' ri
ghts, health and safety standards and public services. In this incisive analysis
, Gabriel Siles-Brugge and Ferdi de Ville scrutinize the claims made by TTIP's c
heerleaders and scaremongers to reveal a far more nuanced picture behind the hea
dlines. TTIP will not provide an economic 'cure-all', nor will it destroy the Eu
ropean welfare state in one fell swoop. Thanks to unprecedented levels of protes
t and debate around TTIP, however, neoliberal trade negotiations are well and tr
uly back in the spotlight. In this respect, TTIP could well prove to be a 'game-
changer' - just not in the way imagined by its backers.
