TTIP: Opportunities and Challenges in the Area of Technical Barriers to Trade, Including Standards
The study explores the possibilities for reducing the costs of technical barriers to trade (TBTs) between the US and the EU, found in standardisation, technical regulations and/or conformity assessment procedures and acceptance of their results. This is important for many industrial sectors but also horizontally as TBTs generally. The EU proposal is ambitious, but without a US text, feasibility is hard to assess, given that the two systems differ considerably. A preliminary attempt to construct the US demands and some partial solutions for TTIP are discussed. The ‘living agreement’ is critical for an effective TBT chapter and needs to be given time, as long as it is driven by an agreed ambitious objective of reducing TBTs as much as possible.
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Jacques PELKMANS
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- Buitenlandse zaken
- Consumentenbescherming
- EU-democratie, institutioneel en parlementair recht
- EU-recht: rechtsstelsel en -handelingen
- Industrie
- Intellectuele-eigendomsrecht
- Internationale handel
- Interne markt en douane-unie
- Mondiale governance
- Onderzoeksbeleid
- Ruimte van vrijheid, veiligheid en recht
- Verbintenissen-, handels- en vennootschapsrecht
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- Amerika
- Azië-Oceanië
- beginsel van wederzijdse erkenning
- ECONOMIE, VERKEER EN HANDELSVERKEER
- economische geografie
- EUROPESE UNIE
- GEOGRAFIE
- internationale handel
- normalisatie
- onderhandelingen over een overeenkomst (EU)
- Opbouw van Europa
- politieke geografie
- PRODUCTIE, TECHNOLOGIE EN ONDERZOEK
- Recht van de Europese Unie
- Singapore
- technische belemmering
- technologie en technische voorschriften
- Verenigde Staten
- vrijhandelsovereenkomst
- Zuid-Korea