How regulatory cooperation threatens consumer, environmental and employee protection
The EU's Trade Agreement with Canada (CETA) is one of the EU's first agreements to include a comprehensive chapter on regulatory cooperation. Critical voices warn that regulatory cooperation is a gateway to deregulation and lowering environmental and consumer protection standards. Will CETA become a blueprint for future agreements? What threatens to happen to us?
This study provides a comprehensive overview of the complex issue of regulatory cooperation – from its origins to the concrete experiences with regulatory cooperation in North America under the NAFTA Agreement, as well as the design and risks of regulatory cooperation under the CETA Agreement.
The study is written in English.
