regulation

TTIP poised to gut US states’ ability to protect on toxic chemicals

23-Sep-2015 CIEL

EU proposals for EU-US trade deal threaten democratic process for protecting people and the environment

21-Sep-2015 Corporate Europe Observatory

In the EU institutions, a strategy to roll back “burdensome regulation” for businesses, has been unfolding for the better part of 15 years, and recently, this “Better Regulation Agenda” has been stepped up. This context combined with Regulatory Cooperation under TTIP could open up a new phase of hyper-deregulation.

TTIP vs food sovereignty

2-Sep-2015 Contributoria

TTIP threatens our food future. In addition to campaigning against it, we need to work towards an alternative framework.

The regulatory cooperation chapter of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: institutional structures and democratic consequences

27-Aug-2015 SSRN

This article focuses on the structure, scope, discipline, institutional design, enforcement and implementation of the envisaged horizontal chapter, often defined regulatory cooperation chapter.

Ex-minister seeks to outlaw TPP

18-Aug-2015 Agri HQ

Not content with suing the Japanese government, a lawyer and former Japanese agriculture minister has been leading a group who filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government

The risks of mutual recognition of voluntary industry standards within the context of a future EU - US trade agreement (TTIP) and alternative approaches

8-Aug-2015 CEN CENELEC

Report sets out the risks to the voluntary single standard system that would arise from the mutual recognition of European and US industry standards

TiSA - draft annex on domestic regulation (April 2015)

1-Jul-2015 Wikileaks

Leaked by Wikileaks

Latest Wikileaks dump raises concerns for regulation in Australia

4-Jun-2015

A new dump of leaked secretive trade deal documents on WikiLeaks reveals an international agreement could prevent future Australian governments from introducing regulations around licensing, qualifications and technical standards, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

TiSA - draft annex on domestic regulation (February 2015)

3-Jun-2015 Wikileaks

Leaked by Wikileaks

The hidden costs of trade treaties

29-May-2015 Zeit

The free trade treaties with Canada (CETA) and the United States (TTIP) are not threatening European standards, the negotiators in Brussels assure us. Yet environmental and food safety regulations have already been weakened.

Against the Trans-Pacific Partnership

15-May-2015 Jacobin Magazine

Opponents of the trade deal being secretly negotiated between the United States, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam have moved the discussion beyond its putative impact on jobs and growth and closer to the agreement’s broader ramifications, writes the IUF’s Peter Rossman.

Commission publishes updated EU textual proposal on regulatory cooperation in TTIP negotiations

5-May-2015 DG Trade

Today, the Commission published the updated EU textual proposal on regulatory cooperation, following the 9th round of negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Regulatory cooperation: how an EU-US trade deal risks creating a labyrinth of red tape

10-Apr-2015 Friends of the Earth Europe

Here are 10 reasons why the current European Commission proposal for regulatory cooperation poses serious risks to legislation and decision making in the public interest and is another reason why TTIP should be stopped.

Regulatory cooperation in TTIP: united in deregulation

8-Apr-2015 CEO

Another aspect of the transatlantic trade and investment treaty (TTIP) talks is threatening to the public interest: "regulatory cooperation".

UPDATE: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): A charter for deregulation, an attack on jobs, an end to democracy

27-Feb-2015 RLS

Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung have today released an updated version of their publication on TTIP by John Hilary.

EU Commission sets out TTIP regulatory cooperation principles

13-Feb-2015 Chemical Watch

The European Commission has published the draft legal text for a chapter on general regulatory cooperation which it presented to the US during the latest round of negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), held last week in Brussels.

Regulatory cooperation: perhaps boring, but the TTIP storm on the horizon

4-Feb-2015 BEUC

Regulatory cooperation is on the face of it one of the least exciting concepts within the TTIP negotiations. But it is the coming storm on the horizon.