TTIP and the US Elections: Assessing the 2016 Election Campaign and Consequences for US Trade Policy

The United States is in the midst of a presidential election campaign. The leading candidates for both the Democrats and Republicans have expressed reservations about new trade agreements. Are these stances merely a part of electioneering or do they represent a major change of sentiment on the part of U.S. political leaders and Americans in general? How may the EU and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership be affected by this election year in the United States?

Earl Fry is Professor of Political Science and Endowed Professor of Canadian Studies at Brigham Young University. He previously served as Special Assistant in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. He has also been a Fulbright Lecturer at the Sorbonne, Director of International Education and Canadian Studies at SUNY Plattsburgh, and Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow. Earl Fry is currently a visiting scholar at the Centre de Recherches Internationales (CERI) at Sciences Po in Paris.

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