Here I provide evidence on negotiations for the EU-US trade deal TTIP at a
hearing of the Flemish Parliament, noting how reducing already low barriers may
still make a big difference, amongst others for European car producers and
chemicals. I dismissed claims that “regulatory cooperation” would constrain
national regulators, explaining that it would be very hard to agree to make EU
and US regulations more coherent. I also pointed out that TTIP is really about
anti-discrimination, as it still allows countries to choose to regulate a lot
or not, but only bans them from being protectionist, saying: “It will still be
possible for France to ban cigarettes, if it likes to. It will only not be
allowed to ban American cigarettes”
My contribution at the hearing can be watched from 1:09:40 in:
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