Briefing

Trade and sustainable development in TTIP

July 8, 2015

This note has been developed by Transport & Environment and the European Environmental Bureau in response to the Commission request for input into developing a trade and sustainable development chapter in the ongoing European Union (EU) and United States (US) free trade agreement, otherwise known as the Transatlantic Trade Investment

This note has been developed by Transport & Environment and the European Environmental Bureau in response to the Commission request for input into developing a trade and sustainable development chapter in the ongoing European Union (EU) and United States (US) free trade agreement, otherwise known as the Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership (TTIP). The note first provides a brief overview of sustainable development before outlining a proposal for how to promote sustainable development within TTIP.

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