regulation
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29-Mar-2018 CNCD 11.11.11
Leak : réunion d’un comité opaque du CETA sur les pesticides
Un document interne révèle le programme du comité portant sur les réglementations sanitaires et phytosanitaires, considérées par les firmes de l’agrobusiness comme des obstacles au commerce.
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29-Mar-2018 Medium
CETA: Secret committee on pesticides meets in Ottawa on March 26–27
Leaked EU documents reveal a secret committee will begin discussions on how to weaken norms on pesticides and food quality standards.
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24-Mar-2018 Sold down the Yangtze
An example of regulatory chill
The case of Ethyl v. Canada.
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27-Feb-2018 AK Europa
Study “ASSESS TiSA”
The study clearly shows that the official impact assessments of the European Commission are fundamentally based on a biased understanding of regulation.
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19-Feb-2018 Unearthed
A hard-Brexit think tank accidentally published its plans for US-UK ‘shadow trade talks’
The Initiative for Free Trade - which is supported by trade secretary Liam Fox - has now deleted the plans from its website.
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5-Feb-2018 RFI
Le libre échange, quel impact sur les relations internationales?
Envers et contre Washington, la libéralisation commerciale se poursuit à travers le monde. A qui profite le commerce?
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31-Jan-2018 Greenpeace
CETA, regulatory cooperation and food safety
Agricultural and food standards are among those targeted by CETA’s focus on eliminating so-called ‘non-tariff barriers’.
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5-Jan-2018 Bloomberg
US urges UK to cut EU rules after Brexit to boost trade
US trade official says it is ‘difficult’ to do business with EU and Brexit offers chance to press the ‘reset button’.
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3-Jan-2018 The Hindu
India-UK trade meet to focus on visa restrictions, trade barriers
While the UK can engage in free trade agreement (FTA) talks with other countries including India only after the process of full disengagement from the EU is complete, talks are already happening unofficially on the potential of such a pact.
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21-Dec-2017 i News
UK demands secrecy in Brexit trade talks with US
The British Government has demanded total secrecy in its free trade talks with the US for a post-Brexit deal.
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7-Dec-2017
EU-Japan FTA: Good regulatory practices and regulatory cooperation draft chapter (Oct 2017)
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8-Nov-2017 The Guardian
Trump adviser Ross says UK-US trade deal will mean scrapping EU rules
Commerce secretary’s comments suggest Britain will have to accept chlorinated chicken in post-Brexit agreement.
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31-Oct-2017 National Hog Farmer
Canadian pork producers one step closer to exporting to EU following CETA
Focus now turns to getting EU to approve antimicrobial interventions used in Canada to enhance food safety.
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12-Oct-2017 No al TTIP
Tratados de Inversión y el Veto Interno de Propuestas Regulatorias: Estudio de Caso de Canadá
La ISDS ejerce presión sobre los gobiernos para que veten propuestas regulatorias por su impacto en los inversores extranjeros, especialmente en aquellas burocracias reacias a los riesgos.
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9-Oct-2017 No al TTIP
Nuevo informe sobre el tratado de servicios, TiSA
El TiSA, con el pretexto de expandir el comercio internacional de servicios, en realidad pretende eximir a las corporaciones proveedoras de servicios transnacionales de las diferentes regulaciones nacionales y locales, que consideran onerosas e innecesarias.
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2-Oct-2017 No al TTIP
Los nuevos acuerdos comerciales de la UE, como continuación de las políticas neoliberales globales
Junker pidió a los Estados miembros su autorización para empezar a negociar nuevos acuerdos comerciales con diversos países, citando a Australia y Nueva Zelanda, además de seguir negociando con aquellos cuyos procesos están abiertos.
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27-Sep-2017 IISD
Traités d’investissement et évaluation interne des propositions de réglementation : Étude de cas du Canada
La perspective de demandes formulées par des investisseurs étrangers à l’encontre des États dans le cadre du règlement des différends investisseur-État (RDIE) conduit-elle à un gel réglementaire ?
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27-Sep-2017 IISD
Investment treaties and the internal vetting of regulatory proposals: A case study from Canada
Does the prospect of foreign investor claims against countries in investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) lead to regulatory chill?
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19-Sep-2017 Inf’OGM
Ceta – Les OGM canadiens envahiront-ils l’Union européenne ?
Le rapport français sur l’impact du Ceta sur l’environnement, le climat et la santé, remis au Premier ministre Edouard Philippe, insiste notamment sur la vigilance à avoir sur la question des OGM, anciens et nouveaux.
