{"id":3855,"title":"Nobody Does as Much for Trade with Developing Countries as the EU","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/de\/globalization\/nobody-does-as-much-for-trade-with-developing-countries-as-the-eu\/","date":"14. September 2015","date_unix":1442227317,"date_modified_unix":1644496153,"date_iso":"2015-09-14T10:41:57+00:00","content":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bertelsmann-stiftung.de\/globaleurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Burgsm\u00fcller.png\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3860 size-full_grid_size\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bertelsmann-stiftung.de\/globaleurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Burgsm\u00fcller-780x439.png\" alt=\"Burgsm\u00fcller\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Expert\u00a0in the Cabinet of EU Trade Commissioner, Cecilia Malmstr\u00f6m, Dr. Christian Burgsmueller, used his opening remarks at the GED sponsored, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bertelsmann-stiftung.de\/globaleurope\/2015\/08\/31\/sneak-preview-from-alpbach-european-forum-how-to-make-ttip-inclusive-for-all\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\" >\u201cHow to Make TTIP Inclusive for All<\/a>\u201d panel at the European Forum Alpbach, to stress the EU\u2019s commitment to ensure a strong role developing countries in, as he put it, \u201cthe spaghetti bowl of trade agreements\u201d. Holding the EU up as a model for enabling the least developed countries to benefit from multi-lateral, free trade agreements, Burgsmueller discussed Commissioner Malmstr\u00f6m\u2019s extensive work in this area and stressed the challenges around integrating the variety of FTA\u2019s currently being negotiated.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See his full remarks in this short video.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"postContentEmbed\">\n<div class=\"embedContainer embedContainer--video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TTIP and Developing Countries | Dr. Christian Burgsmueller\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/oo6R4rNhSWo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For more expert\u00a0statements on TTIP, see here what WTO Chief Economist Robert Koopman has to say about <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bertelsmann-stiftung.de\/globaleurope\/2015\/09\/10\/its-complicated-says-the-wtos-robert-koopman\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\" >TTIP and the WTO&#8217;s role in trade governance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">And don&#8217;t miss our blog post about the new GED TTIP study on potential winners and losers in developing countries, with a short video statement from the author of the study, Prof. Gabriel Felbermayr on <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bertelsmann-stiftung.de\/globaleurope\/2015\/09\/14\/new-ged-ttip-study-on-potential-winners-and-loosers-in-developing-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\" >TTIP&#8217;s economic effects on third countries<\/a>.<\/p>\n","excerpt":"<p>See here the remarks of Christian Burgsmueller on TTIP&#8217;s potential effects on developing countries at the European Forum Alpbach 2015!<\/p>\n","thumbnail":false,"thumbnailsquare":false,"authors":[{"id":422,"name":"Ulrich Schoof","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/de\/blogger\/dr-ulrich-schoof\/"}],"categories":[{"id":152,"name":"Globalization","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/category\/globalization\/"}],"tags":[]}