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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.
Study “ASSESS TiSA”
27-Feb-2018 AK Europa
The study clearly shows that the official impact assessments of the European Commission are fundamentally based on a biased understanding of regulation.
A hard-Brexit think tank accidentally published its plans for US-UK ‘shadow trade talks’
19-Feb-2018 Unearthed
The Initiative for Free Trade - which is supported by trade secretary Liam Fox - has now deleted the plans from its website.
CETA, regulatory cooperation and food safety
31-Jan-2018 Greenpeace
Agricultural and food standards are among those targeted by CETA’s focus on eliminating so-called ‘non-tariff barriers’.
US urges UK to cut EU rules after Brexit to boost trade
5-Jan-2018 Bloomberg
US trade official says it is ‘difficult’ to do business with EU and Brexit offers chance to press the ‘reset button’.
India-UK trade meet to focus on visa restrictions, trade barriers
3-Jan-2018 The Hindu
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.
UK demands secrecy in Brexit trade talks with US
21-Dec-2017 i News
The British Government has demanded total secrecy in its free trade talks with the US for a post-Brexit deal.
EU-Japan FTA: Good regulatory practices and regulatory cooperation draft chapter (Oct 2017)
7-Dec-2017