Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/103132 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 5019
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
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 dismiss the possible welfare gains as small compared to the risks. In this paper, we provide results based on a structurally estimated general equilibrium trade model. Assuming that the TTIP will reduce transatlantic trade costs by as much as existing bilateral agreements have reduced trade costs between their trade partners, we find that a TTIP could result in very substantial gains for Germany (+3.5%), Europe (3.9%), and the world (+1.6%), but that it could also harm third countries.
Subjects: 
trade agreements
structurally estimated general equilibrium model
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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