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Abstract enExtensive negotiations for Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) resumed between the US and the European Union, in 2013. Given the current strength of its two protagonists, in terms of their economic structures and roles in world trade, the TTIP is by no means a conventional Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in terms of its global impact. The TTIP has started mainly as a reaction to the rising shares of emerging economies in the world economy and to the economic crisis in Transatlantic economies. This initiative has long-term objectives of achieving sustainable growth and creating jobs by means of mutually eliminating regulatory barriers in a comprehensive way. This article, analyses the main driving motives that led the EU and the US to initiate a mega deal- the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. It evaluates the main topics in the negotiating agenda and the likely impact of a possible agreement on the protagonists. It also assesses the possible challenging issues during the negotiation process

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