Reducing Transatlantic Barriers to Trade and Investment: An Economic Assessment

This working paper by Joseph Francois, Miriam Manchin, Hanna Norberg, Olga Pindyuk, and Patrick Tomberger from the Department of Economics at Johannes Kepler University of Linz provides an economic assessment of reducing transatlantic barriers to trade and investment. The paper discusses the current economic and policy background, technical discussion on CGE modelling set up, policy options considered, and results. The authors suggest that an ambitious and comprehensive transatlantic trade and investment agreement could bring significant economic gains for the EU and US.