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Barriers or benefits? : regulation in transatlantic trade

Title
Barriers or benefits? : regulation in transatlantic trade / David Vogel.
Author
Vogel, David, 1947-
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [1997], ©1997.

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European Community Studies Association.
Description
xi, 80 pages; 23 cm
Summary
  • Government health, safety, and environmental standards have, in the past two decades, often created barriers to international trade. These non-tariff barriers have become the focus of trade disputes, negotiations, and agreements. This book explains the dynamics of conflict and cooperation over consumer and environmental regulation between the European Union and the United States.
  • It explores the most celebrated cases of transatlantic conflicts over regulatory standards - the EU's beef hormone and legtrap bans, and America's fuel economy regulations - as well as the successes of the two partners in coordinating rules for chemical and drug testing, animal inspection, and the reduction of ozone-depleting chemicals.
  • David Vogel argues that transatlantic regulatory conflict has less to do with protectionism and more to do with deeply rooted differences in cultural values and political priorities in Europe and the United States. These differences, he explains, constitute a fundamental and ongoing source of trade conflict between the EU and the U.S.
Subject
  • Foreign trade regulation > United States
  • Environmental law > United States
  • Foreign trade regulation > European Union countries
  • Environmental law > European Union countries
Note
  • "Published for the European Community Studies Association."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-74) and index.
ISBN
0815790759 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
97033926
OCLC
  • 37742220
  • ocm37742220
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries