Freitag, 17. Oktober 2014

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

Donnerstag, 28. August 2014

"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 

Dienstag, 12. August 2014

"TTIP: Gewerkschaften vor Herausforderungen"

"Impulse für den von der IG Metall in Kooperation mit der IG BCE und der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung organisierten Workshop gaben hochkarätige Experten aus Wissenschaft und Politik, darunter der TTIP-Kritiker Professor Christoph Scherrer und der Wirtschaftsrechtsexperte Professor Karsten Nowrot." - http://www.igmetall-bayern.de/nachrichten/ansicht/datum/2014/08/05/ttip-gewerkschaften-vor-herausforderungen/

Dienstag, 1. Juli 2014

Montag, 23. Juni 2014

Food Crisis: Implications for Labour


2013 publication with Debdulal Saha (eds.): Food Crisis: Implications for Labour, Mering, Rainer Hampp Verlag

Introduction: The Neglected Labour Dimension - Debdulal Saha and Christoph Scherrer 


I. Food Insecurity
1. Addressing the ‘Slow Violence’ of Food Insecurity - Jacklyn Cock
2. The Origins of the Food Crisis: The Case of East Africa - Thomas Ogola and Jane Sawe
3. Market Queens and the Blame Game in Ghanaian Tomato Marketing - Akua O.Britwum

II. Decent Work Deficit and Rural Labor 4. “You entered through that gate and you will leave through that gate”. The Decent Work Deficit amongst Farm Workers… - Edward Webster and Mbuso Nkosi
5. Indonesian Oil Palm Plantations:
Decent Work Deficit Despite Employment Growth - Hariati Sinaga
6. Rural Development and the Decent Work Agenda:The Role of Smallholders and the Rural Poor - Lars Thomann

III. Social Protection 7. Food Security Requires Income Security. The Case for Universal Social Protection Floors - Frank Hoffer
8. The Brazilian Food and Nutrition Security Policy: Concept and Results - Walter Belik
9. Food or Cash: Assisting the Urban Poor in India - Sharit K. Bhowmik, Indira Gartenberg, and Kanchan Sarker

http://tiny.cc/scherrerfoodcrisis

Dienstag, 17. Juni 2014

'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

Sonntag, 8. Juni 2014

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