Event details

20. January 2016

TTIP - opportunity or risk?

The first discussion event on the transatlantic free trade agreement TTIP was very well attended.

In the packed lecture hall 0.02 of the Peter-Dierich-Haus at the university in Zittau, Member of the Bundestag Thomas Jurk and professors from the Faculty of Business Administration and Engineering Management Johannes Laser and Mario Straßberger discussed the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) currently being negotiated between the EU and the USA with university members and other citizens.Johannes Laser and Mario Straßberger discussed the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) currently being negotiated between the EU and the USA with members of the university and other citizens.

Under the confident moderation of Master's student Florian Rahtz, the discussion focused on the potential impact of this agreement. Both the global balance of power and regulations for cucumber sizes were discussed.

The event, organized together with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, reflected the uncertainties about the expected effects of TTIP on everyone's lives.

v.l.n.r.: Florian Rahtz, Thomas Jurk, Mario Straßberger, Johannes Laser

Contact:

Lutz Haberland

l.haberland(at)hszg.de