{"id":4592,"title":"Remarks on TTIP, Public Opinion and Regulatory Convergence at the GES","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/de\/globalization\/ges-ttip-public-opinion\/","date":"2. November 2015","date_unix":1446472545,"date_modified_unix":1644496151,"date_iso":"2015-11-02T13:55:45+00:00","content":"<p>Pascal Lamy (former Director-General at WTO), Andreas Esche, Director of the Shaping Sustainable Economies Program (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\" >Bertelsmann Stiftung<\/a>) and Petra Pinzler (Die Zeit) spoke at the GED sponsored \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.global-economic-symposium.org\/knowledgebase\/multilateral-regionalism-and-emerging-markets-opportunities-and-risks-in-gloal-trade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\" >Multilateral Regionalism and Emerging Markets \u2013 Opportunities and Risks in Global Trade<\/a>\u201d panel at the Global Economic Symposium (GES)\u00a0in Kiel.\u00a0The speakers exchanged views on left and right-wing resistance against FTAs citizens\u2019 perceptions on TTIP, democratic transparency and environmental and animal rights standards.<\/p>\n<p>Petra Pinzler defended the recent anti-TTIP demonstration in Berlin, since citizens feared that it would lower products and services\u2019 standards. Pascal Lamy pointed out the miscommunication between EU and US policy makers and citizens. In his opinion, better communication would have shown how the new FTAs mostly concern regulatory convergence, and not led to the current anti-TTIP climate.<\/p>\n<p>See their full remarks in this video below.<\/p>\n<p>[iframe &#8222;&lt;iframe width=&#8220;560&#8243; height=&#8220;315&#8243; src=&#8220;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wXrsRhbSjfs&#8220; frameborder=&#8220;0&#8243; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;&#8220;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please don\u2019t miss our upcoming videos with an interview with Pascal Lamy in our Session at the Global Economic Symposium!<\/p>\n","excerpt":"<p>Pascal Lamy (former Director-General at WTO), Andreas Esche and Petra Pinzler spoke at the GED sponsored \u201cMultilateral Regionalism and Emerging Markets \u2013 Opportunities and Risks in Global Trade\u201d panel at the Global Economic Symposium in Kiel. The speakers exchanged views on left and right-wing resistance against FTAs citizens\u2019 perceptions on TTIP, democratic transparency and environmental and animal rights standards<\/p>\n","thumbnail":null,"thumbnailsquare":null,"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":[]}