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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.
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.