Forschung in Zeiten von TTIP und CETA - Privatisierung der Hochschulen durch Handelsabkommen?

Auch wenn Forschung und Bildung derzeit nicht Gegenstand der TTIP-Verhand- lungen sind, lassen sich an dem schon vorliegenden Verhandlungstext mit Kanada (CETA) Folgen für diese Bereiche ablesen. Es gilt, wachsam zu bleiben.

http://www.wissenschaftsmanagement-online.de/system/files/downloads-wimoarticle/1510_WIMO_Forschung%20in%20Zeiten%20von%20TTIP%20und%20CETA_WALTHER_SCHERRER.pdf

TTIP: Explosive mixture for transatlantic relations

"Politicians like to tie the free trade agreement TTIP to" big politics" and to the strengthening of the transatlantic axis against China. But that could go wrong: The TTIP negotiating agenda dictated by large companies brings conflicts in the Western camp, says Christoph Scherrer, Director of the International Center for Development and Decent Work."

http://www.euractiv.de/sections/eu-aussenpolitik/ttip-explosive-mischung-fuer-die-transatlantischen-beziehungen-312525

Der Freitag: "TTIP und CETA: Risiken statt positive Effekte"

"Ein kritisches Fazit des bisherigen Verhandlungsstandes zieht auch Christoph Scherrer, Professor für "Globalisierung und Politik" an der Universität Kassel. In einer von der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung geförderten Studie schreiben Scherrer und sein Forscherkollege Dr. Stefan Beck: "Das gegenwärtig verhandelte transatlantische Freihandelsabkommen zwischen der Europäischen Union und den USA birgt in mehrfacher Hinsicht Risiken. Zum einen sind die von den Befürwortern propagierten Wohlfahrtseffekte selbst im Falle ihres Eintretens nicht signifikant und dürften zudem ungleich verteilt sein. Zum anderen sind spürbar negative Effekte für Beschäftigte verschiedener Branchen und für die Demokratie als solcher mindestens ebenso wahrscheinlich."

Mehr dazu: http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_arbp_303.pdf - Studie: "Das transatlantische Handels- und Investitionsabkommen (TTIP) zwischen der EU und den USA" von Stefan Beck und Christoph Scherrer"

Quelle: https://www.freitag.de/autoren/hans-springstein/ttip-und-ceta-risiken-statt-positive-effekte

"TTIP: Wer sind die Verlierer des Freihandelsabkommens?"

German radio interview with Christoph Scherrer on the losers of TTIP

http://detektor.fm/wirtschaft/ttip-wer-sind-die-verlierer-des-freihandelsabkommens

Selling Free Trade with Pseudo-Exact Science: The ifo-Studies

New Publication: "Selling Free Trade with Pseudo-Exact Science: The ifo-Studies" by Stefan Beck and Christoph Scherrer, Global Labour Column Nr. 181, http://www.global-labour-university.org/fileadmin/GLU_Column/papers/no_181_Beck_Scherrer.pdf

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Implications for Labor

NEW PUBLICATION: Scherrer (ed.), 2014: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Implications for Labor, Mering, Rainer Hampp Verlag. 

Content:
I. Assessing TTIP and Its Supporting Studies
II. Asymmetry: Investor and Labor Rights
III. Trade Union Positions on TTIP
ANNEX: Investment Protection in the Proposed EU-Canada Agreement (CETA)

Read more here: http://tiny.cc/ttiplabor

TTIP - Prof. Christoph Scherrer calls for renegotiation

HNA Interview 28.10.2014
http://www.hna.de/nachrichten/politik/betroffene-nicht-beteiligt-4276693.html

TTIP Study by Stefan Beck and Christoph Scherrer (2014)

"The currently negotiated transatlantic free trade agreement between the European Union and the United States brings risks in several respects. The welfare effects propagated  by the proponents are, even in the event of their occurrence, not significant and are also likely to be unevenly distributed."

More (German): http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_arbp_303.pdf

"Free Trade Agreement Ceta confirms critics"

"The arbitrators and lawyers of the great majority of cases are recruited from only 20 large, internationally active firms," says political scientist Christoph Scherrer of the University of Kassel. With Ceta and especially TTIP, this machinery could become significantly more buoyant. According to Scherrer, arbitration has increased dramatically since the year 2000. By the end of 2012, there were 500 cases worldwide". - http://www.fr-online.de/wirtschaft/ceta-und-ttip-freihandelsabkommen-ceta-bestaetigt-kritiker,1472780,28207512.html 

'TTIP serves the major corporations'

"The TTIP trade agreement between the US and the EU is continuing to cause a major row in Europe. Economist Christoph Scherrer tells DW that the corporations' right to file lawsuits will be particularly problematic."

http://www.dw.de/ttip-serves-the-major-corporations/a-17655221

German Radio Interview with Christoph Scherrer

"What are the advantages and disadvantages of the opening of markets? What is the role of the WTO? What are the deficits of the transatlantic free trade agreement? German Radio Interview with Political scientist Prof. Christoph Scherrer."

http://mediathek-tua.ard.de/radio/radioWissen-Bayern-2/Gespr%C3%A4ch-mit-Prof-Christoph-Scherrer-/Bayern-2/Audio-Podcast?documentId=20684952&bcastId=5945518

"Expert warns of free trade with U.S."

HNA Article with Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer, published 26.05.2014:

http://www.uni-kassel.de/einrichtungen/fileadmin/datas/einrichtungen/icdd/News/HNA-2014-05-26.pdf

Is the accusation that TTIP is negotiated intransparently "complete nonsense"?

Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer on the transparency of the TTIP/TAFTA negotiations in #ZDFcheck












Read the whole article:
http://zdfcheck.zdf.de/faktencheck/lambsdorff/

Read Prof. Scherrers Statement:
http://zdfcheck.zdf.de/?attachment_id=3924

ARD German Television Interview on TTIP with Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer

"The central problem is, in my view, that the trade agreement does not only address tariffs, but also regulations for services, such as consumer protection, data protection, and democratic participation; and these rules may come under pressure" - Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer in ARD interview




See the full TTIP video starting at minute 5:40 here:
http://media.tagesschau.de/video/2014/0522/TV-20140522-0045-5801.websm.h264.mp4 

Scherrer: "TTIP mainly serves large corporations"

"The proposed free trade agreement between the U.S. and EU will continue to be fiercely debated. The economist Christoph Scherrer is particularly critical of the right of legal action for corporations. He believes it is legally dubious."

Read the full interview here (German):  http://www.dw.de/scherrer-ttip-bedient-vor-allem-gro%C3%9Fkonzerne/a-17654424

German Radio Interview with Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer on TTIP

HR2 Radio interview with Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer on TTIP, the potentially biggest free trade zone worldwide: http://mp3.podcast.hr-online.de/mp3/podcast/derTag/derTag_20140505_53888916.mp3

German Radio interview on TTIP

“What are the advantages and disadvantages of the opening of markets? What is the role of the WTO? Which deficits does the transatlantic free trade agreement have? German radio interview of political scientist Prof. Christoph Scherrer with Iska Schreglmann”

http://www.br.de/radio/bayern2/sendungen/radiowissen/freihandelsabkommen-gespraech-prof-christoph-scherrer-100.html

Event: Free Trade and TTIP - Perspectives, 06.05.2014

Chlorine chicken, GMOs and corporate interests? 

On Tuesday, 06/05/2014, 8 pm, University of Kassel, Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer will lecture on "Free Trade and TTIP".

"Not only the opportunities, but also the risks are difficult to calculate in an agreement of this magnitude"

Christoph Scherrer explains chances and risks of the "Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership" TTIP in terms of growth, employment, consumer protection in the German newspaper "Süddeutsche Zeitung"

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/ttip-was-das-freihandelsabkommen-fuer-verbraucher-und-unternehmen-bedeutet-1.1815843

TTIP - Was das Freihandelsabkommen für Verbraucher und Unternehmen bedeutet

TTIP - Was das Freihandelsabkommen für Verbraucher und Unternehmen bedeutet (Süddeutsche.de) 11. November 2013 

Link: http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/ttip-was-das-freihandelsabkommen-fuer-verbraucher-und-unternehmen-bedeutet-1.1815843