{"id":28770,"date":"2015-06-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aspeninstitutece.softmedia.cz\/news-article\/public-speech-of-cecilia-malmstr%d3%a7m-on-the-ttip\/"},"modified":"2015-06-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T22:00:00","slug":"public-speech-of-cecilia-malmstr%d3%a7m-on-the-ttip","status":"publish","type":"news-article","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitutece.org\/cs\/news-article\/public-speech-of-cecilia-malmstr%d3%a7m-on-the-ttip\/","title":{"rendered":"Public speech of Cecilia Malmstr\u04e7m on the TTIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tOn June 5, 2015 <strong>European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstr\u04e7m<\/strong> gave a public speech in Prague on the <strong>Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)<\/strong>, followed by a debate with the audience. Aspen Institute Prague co-organized the event together with the Representation of the European Commission in the Czech Republic, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, and Charles University in Prague.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe debate was opened by the Czech Television host, <strong>Michaela Hergetov\u00e1<\/strong>, who mentioned that the public discourse often focuses only on potential threats pointed out by the agreement&#039;s critics. In his welcome address,&nbsp;<strong>Tom\u00e1\u0161 Z\u00edma<\/strong>, Rector of Charles University, emphasized the <strong>need for information<\/strong> in order to hold a <strong>constructive debate<\/strong> regarding the possibilities of developing the partnership between the EU and the USA.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Ms. Malmstr\u04e7m<\/strong> then proceeded with her speech, highlighting <strong>international cooperation as the key to success and prosperity<\/strong>, one that all partners can benefit from. She identified<strong> three key assets<\/strong> the TTIP has for the EU: <strong>economic benefits, state administration benefits, and strategic benefits<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<em><strong>Economic Benefits<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\t\t&#8211; Opening of markets will lead to increased competitiveness of companies<br \/>\n\t\t&#8211; Removing remaining tariffs and other barriers to free trade will especially benefit small and medium sized enterprises<br \/>\n\t\t&#8211; Improved economic situation of the private sector will result in the creation of jobs<br \/>\n\t\t&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<em><strong>State Administration Benefits<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\t\t&#8211; Enabling governments and state administrations to cooperate in creating regulatory standards and share their expertise&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t\t&#8211; Making it&nbsp;easier for governments to implement and enforce the rules they set<br \/>\n\t\t&#8211; Creating a permanent and transparent system when it comes to Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)<br \/>\n\t\t&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<em><strong>Strategic Benefits<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\t\t&#8211; Strong partnership between the EU and the USA at a time when new world powers are emerging and traditional leaders are losing on their significance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\tIn the following discussion, Ms. Malmstr\u04e7m addressed the criticism towards the agreement and the negotiation process. She emphasized that the European Commission acts with a <strong>strong mandate from the EU 28<\/strong> and its main intention is to create better conditions for EU citizens. The process behind the talks, she claims, is in fact very <strong>democratic and transparent<\/strong>. She justified the volume of the agreement with its ambition to be as comprehensive as possible. She also pointed out the <strong>energy chapter<\/strong> as one of the crucial ones. Given some of the EU states&rsquo; dependence on Russian oil and gas, it is necessary to diversify the energy mix and increase access to US resources. During the debate, <strong>Member of the European Parliament and our Board member Jan Zahradil<\/strong> expressed his <strong>support<\/strong> for the Commissions&rsquo; work when it comes to the TTIP, emphasizing the strategic need to conclude the talks as soon as possible, before the USA sign their agreements with other partners.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tVideo from the debate is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceskatelevize.cz\/porady\/10000000201-verejna-debata-komisarky-malmstromove-k-ttip\/21525400036\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPhotos from <a href=\"http:\/\/iforum.cuni.cz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">i- Forum<\/a> archive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commissioner for Trade paid a visit to Prague to discuss the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14003,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-tag":[593],"class_list":["post-28770","news-article","type-news-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-tag-transatlanticke-eu-aktivity"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitutece.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-article\/28770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitutece.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitutece.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news-article"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitutece.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitutece.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitutece.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tag?post=28770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}