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CETA puts pressure on precautionary principle, glyphosate implicated
6-Feb-2020 Arc2020
The changes joint committees are allowed to make to the CETA-text are in effect very far-reaching and at the same time binding, so they take up the role of legislator.
Commission publishes proposal for agreement on conformity assessment with United States
26-Nov-2019 European Commission
The European Commission published its proposal for an EU-US agreement on conformity assessment for industrial products, in line with its commitment to enhanced transparency in trade negotiations.
Civil society organizations call on Commission to ensure transparency in trade talks
30-Sep-2019 Lobby Control
European civil society organizations published an open letter to the Trade Commissioner-designate and the President of the European Commission regarding the lack of transparency in the ongoing EU-US trade talks.
Trading away protection
29-Aug-2019 CEO
Emerging threats from the EU-US trade talks on confomity assessments and regulatory cooperation.
New report: Secret regulatory talks threaten public protections
22-May-2019 IATP
Regulatory cooperation has provided a forum for multinational business interests to influence government regulators in secretive committees that largely exclude consumer, environmental and other civil society representatives.
EU-US FTA: EU negotiating mandates (Apr 2019)
18-Apr-2019 European Council
As agreed by the European Council
CETA: Demande de transparence en matière de coopération réglementaire votée à l’unanimité
4-Apr-2019 RTL
Le Parlement de Wallonie a adopté une proposition de résolution amendée relative à la transparence en matière de coopération réglementaire dans le traité de libre-échange entre l’Union européenne et le Canada, le fameux CETA.
Uprooted episode 60: The regulatory cooperation council
12-Mar-2019 IATP
Sharon Treat exposes another backdoor to deregulation, the Regulatory Cooperation Council, that exists through NAFTA and is being used by corporate livestock lobbyists to undermine food safety and consumers right to know.
The post-TTIP transatlantic cooperation on trade: Stepping up conformity assessment
26-Feb-2019 EJIL: Talk!
Conformity assessment cooperation does not imply cooperation on the content of regulatory disciplines, making it a less ambitious mechanism than as had been initially intended under the TTIP.
Agribusiness’s secretive plans to unravel food safety and worker protections
20-Feb-2019 IATP
Little-known council linked to NAFTA subverts public safety to free trade.
EU-US FTA: EU draft negotiating mandates (Jan 2019)
21-Jan-2019 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
EU-Indonesia FTA: Good regulatory practices draft chapter (EU proposal, Sep 2018)
14-Dec-2018 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
Who is behind the push for a post-Brexit free trade deal with the US?
5-Dec-2018 The Guardian
A nexus of libertarian thinktanks in both the UK and the US propose a bonfire of tariffs, quotas and anti-competitive rules.
As if the USMCA dairy concessions were not bad enough…
28-Oct-2018 NFU
It is deeply concerning, though not surprising, that the proposed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has at least three chapters that formally entrench corporate influence on government decision-making.
EU-US engagement on regulatory issues
12-Oct-2018
Leaked from the European Commission
Financial regulation challenged by European trade policy
2-Oct-2018 Financial Watch
Trade agreements currently being negotiated or already approved introduce numerous restrictions over the right of states to regulate, especially in the field of financial regulation, and limits their capacity to react to ensure financial stability.
EU hopes to use prior trade negotiations in new talks with US
8-Aug-2018 BNA
The EU’s reasoning is that it wouldn’t make sense to throw out all the previous work done on regulatory cooperation and start anew, EU sources said.
UK-India trade review calls for flexibility on food standards and chemical rules
12-Jul-2018 Unearthed
Confidential document details complaints over EU rules on imports such as rice and paneer ahead of prospective post-Brexit trade talks.
CETA: Secret committee on pesticides meets in Ottawa on March 26–27
29-Mar-2018 Medium
Leaked EU documents reveal a secret committee will begin discussions on how to weaken norms on pesticides and food quality standards.
An example of regulatory chill
24-Mar-2018 Sold down the Yangtze
The case of Ethyl v. Canada.