US, EU Make Progress on TTIP Technical Regulations, Services, Say Negotiators
The U.S. and European trade delegations hammered out more details of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks during the negotiating round last week outside Washington, D.C., with progress made on technical and food safety regulations as well as the…
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services sector, said the U.S. and European Union chief negotiators after the talks wrapped up on Oct. 3. Chief U.S. negotiator Dan Mullaney emphasized that the two sides will not harmonize their chemical regulations regimes, but will work hard to set up a system across the Atlantic that avoids regulatory duplication. Mullaney hit back at concerns over an investor-state dispute provision in a final agreement, saying the agreement will not jeopardize government efforts to protect the environment, consumers, health and safety. The “regulatory pillar of TTIP” is poised to give the most benefit to the U.S. and EU of all the topics negotiated, said EU chief negotiator Ignacio Garcia-Bercero, while adding that the two sides discussed trade facilitation during the round. Garcia-Bercero said the new European Commission will be strongly supportive of the TTIP negotiations, after it takes over Nov. 1. New European Union trade chief Cecilia Malmstrom called for a restart in negotiations during her confirmation hearing on Sept. 29 (see 14093025).