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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.
TTIP: Regulatory cooperation - a threat to democracy
29-Jan-2015 CEO
Video about the proposed regulatory cooperation chapter of the possible EU-US trade deal.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft regulatory cooperation proposal (Jan 2015)
29-Jan-2015 CEO
EU draft of January 2015
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft regulatory cooperation proposal (Dec 2014)
29-Jan-2015 CEO
As leaked by CEO
TTIP: Regulations handcuffed
29-Jan-2015 CEO
A new leaked proposal from the transatlantic trade treaty negotiations (TTIP) shows the European Commission seemingly unstoppable in its drive to constrain regulations to protect the public interest – including potentially those made by regional authorities.
Lowest common denominator: EU-US trade deal threatens to lower standards of protection from toxic pesticides
8-Jan-2015 CIEL
A new analysis exposes how the American and European pesticide industry is using ongoing EU-US trade negotiations to lower human health and environmental standards in order to increase trade in toxic pesticides.
TTIP chief negotiators address regulatory concerns
4-Oct-2014 Chemical Watch
When it comes to chemical regulations, there will be no harmonisation, just cooperation, the TTIP negotiators say.
US trade deal won’t change rules on ’toxic’ chemicals, EU says
4-Oct-2014 Reuters
The European Union is seeking to contain a new complaint that a trade deal with the United States would undermine Europe’s protection against dangerous chemicals, eager to avoid another front of resistance to the world’s biggest trade accord.
Leaked TTIP draft for chemicals sector reveals a toxic partnership
2-Oct-2014 CIEL
A leaked restricted access text for the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) from August 2014 from the European Commission confirms that negotiations continue to favour business interests over the protection of citizens’ health and of the environment.
Business and NGOs divided over TTIP regulatory cooperation
1-Oct-2014 EurActiv
While EU and US negotiators are meeting this week in Washington, business groups and civil society organisations have released contradictory statements about regulatory cooperation in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
TTIP: covert attacks on democracy and regulation
28-Sep-2014 Corporate Europe Observatory
The EU Commissions’ proposals on "regulatory cooperation" poses a threat to regulation that protect our health, the environment and our welfare - and they are a threat to democracy.
Assessing regulatory impact of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) – analysis
23-Sep-2014 Eurasia Review
This study considers the likely regulatory impact of the proposed EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) in three key policy areas: investor protection, public services and food safety.
Chemical industry using TTIP ‘to attack the precautionary principal’
27-Aug-2014 Chemical Watch
The last 12 months have seen a surge of attacks against the EU’s precautionary principle, with some law firms considering it a potential obstacle to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft regulatory co-operation on financial regulation (March 2014)
1-Jul-2014 CEO
As leaked by CEO
EU and US insurers support including financial services market access and regulatory cooperation in TTIP
30-Jun-2014 AIA
Insurance Europe, the American Insurance Association and the American Council of Life Insurers have issued a statement supporting the inclusion of market access and regulatory cooperation in financial services in TTIP.