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Such an agreement is yet far from being unanimously approved. Within the EU, it is in fact in Germany that TTIP is met with the greatest interest, but also with the greatest rejection. The agreement’s defenders tirelessly underline the positive effects it may have on per capita income in both the United States and Europe. The German critics, in turn, essentially focus on the issue of investment protection and the consequences it may have in Germany. They also claim that the quality of food would decline once an agreement is signed. Some also believe that TTIP would also lead to developing countries’ marginalization and to a degrading environment.

Even within the German political class, TTIP is highly contested. While the government coalition is largely pro-TTIP, despite initial skepticism among the social democrats, the opposition parties Die Grünen and Die Linke are strictly against it.

Prof. Gabriel Felbermayr, Ph.D. is currently the director of Ifo Zentrum für Außenwirtschaft and Professor of Economics, and in particular of international economics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich.Specialist in issues related to transatlantic trade and investment partnership ( TTIP ).

This paper is published in French: Le débat du TTIP en Allemagne

It is also published in German: Die TTIP Debatte in Deutschland