TTIP will help not just big businesses, it will give an advantage to SMEs, too, British Ambassador Iain Lindsay said.

Consumers will come out winners as well, he added. Márton Nagy, deputy governor of the National Bank of Hungary, said TTIP would have a positive impact on Hungary, especially its automotive industry, considering that European and German car manufacturing is more competitive than that of the United States.

He said the trade pact could raise Hungary’s GDP by 0.1-0.3 percentage point, lifting exports by 5-20% and creating 6,000-22,000 new jobs, according to the estimates of the central bank.

Nagy at the same warned against a fast adoption of the trade pact, as that, he said, could hurt traditional industries, such as food industries, in Europe.

The US has more integrated large corporations which, entering the EU market, would “flatten” the smaller firms, he added. He said that the trade pact had a political angle, too: it would mean closer ties between the US and Europe, without Russia and China.

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