The Challenge of Cooperation: Regulatory Trade Barriers in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Lester, Simon; Barbee, Inu

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“…It was founded to deal with a major problem identified by its members, that is, competitiveness is hampered on both sides by excessive regulation and by differences between the EU and USA regulatory systems (Egan, 2003). The organization, now the Trans-Atlantic Business Council, had some early success with mutual recognition agreements in areas such as telecommunications equipment, some medical devices, and other limited product areas (Lester, and Barbee 2013). However, the efforts seem to have lost momentum in recent years.…”

Section: The Regulatory Trade Barriers In Usa -Eu Foreign Trade Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is not clear how existing WTO rules -either the TBT or SPS agreements, or even more general rules such as the GATT or the GATS -are insufficient in this area. These rules draw a delicate balance between imposing international disciplines on trade measures and respecting national autonomy (Lester, and Barbee 2013 Indicated that an international standard, guideline or recommendation was applicable to the notified measure (Chart 4). Of these, 80% indicated that the proposed measure was in conformity with the existing international standard.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…If countries are trying to achieve different goals, their regulations are unlikely to correspond. But even where policy objectives are similar, regulating through an isolated process, in which national agencies make decisions without thinking about what their foreign counterparts are doing, can lead to differences in regulation (Lester, and Barbee 2013).…”

Section: The Regulatory Trade Barriers In Usa -Eu Foreign Trade Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There are two common methods -both of which are referred to in the HLWG report (Final Report..., 2013) -which have been used to deal with regulatory divergence: harmonization and mutual recognition (Lester, and Barbee 2013).…”

Section: Interrelationship Between Regulatory Standards and Internatimentioning

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“…Nonetheless, because of the emphasis being placed on this issue in the TTIP, this may be the best forum to push the issue forward. If done right, the TTIP could serve as a starting point for broader engagement on reducing the costly burden of regulatory divergence on international trade (Lester, and Barbee 2013). It must be underline that, the ideal route for the reduction of regulatory divergence would be through a multilateral effort involving various actors from both government agencies and the private sector.…”

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The Impact of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (Ttip) On the usa and European Union Strategic Cooperation

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Abstract:The main aim of the paper is presentation of the impact of TTIP on the USA and European Union strategic cooperation. It has been emphasized that the talks will make reducing regulatory barriers. New agreements to remove trade barriers aim at reducing dead-weight costs and at increasing net social gains from international trade. The paper examined in particular, investor-state dispute resolution mechanisms in reducing the power of national governments to regulate and elimination of market inequality. The article offers examples of successful regulatory cooperation efforts in the hope that it will shed light on possible approaches to addressing regulatory divergences. Ideally, the best way to address problems arising from regulatory divergence would be on a multilateral basis. The particulary objective of the research task are the regulatory trade barriers in USA -EU foreign trade policy, the nature and the promoters of the TTIP, interrelationship between regulatory standards and international cooperation in the TTIP. The general theoretical approach will be of broad interest to economists interested in international questions especially transatlantic cooperation as well as to political scientists. It was used the institutional method, comparative method, the documentation method and statistical methods. Additionally, it used also, the methods of deductive and inductive forecasting.

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In October 2015, hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Berlin to voice their concerns about the proposed free trade agreements between the EU and Canada (CETA) and the EU and the United States (TTIP). It was not the first time that international economic agreements or institutions were at the centre of public protests. International economic law has always been a politically and legally contested field. Volume 7 of the European Yearbook of International Law addresses these contestations and focuses its main section on critical perspectives of international economic law. The editors of the yearbook invited critical scholars to voice their concerns of the main features and principles of international economic law as it stands today and outline their critical analyses of the various subfields of the discipline. In order to stimulate debate and to challenge the contestations, we asked other colleagues to comment on these critical perspectives. In most cases, especially in the most fiercely debated areas, the commentators were critical of the critics. Some chose to directly react to the claims of the main chapters, others opted for a broader defence of the system and rejected the critics' assertions more generally. Yet, others added further-sometimes also critical-perspectives and dimensions without directly challenging the claims of the first author. The result is a unique collection of critical essays accompanied by alternative and competing views on some of the most fundamental topics of international economic law. We hope that this collection will stimulate further debate and critical research and will serve as a first source of critical essays on international economic law for newcomers and old participants of the debates alike.

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The Challenge of Cooperation: Regulatory Trade Barriers in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Abstract: The challenge of cooperation: regulatory trade barriers in the transatlantic trade and investment partnership.

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The Impact of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (Ttip) On the usa and European Union Strategic Cooperation

The Impact of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (Ttip) On the usa and European Union Strategic Cooperation

Trade Negotiations

The Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA): Assessing the State of Play and Potential Pitfalls

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