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Cover of the position paper "Environmental protection under TTIP" with a photo of a flag of the USA and a flag of the European Union
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Environmental protection under TTIP

The declared objective of the planned free trade agreement with the US (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership – TTIP) is to unify EU and USA standards as much as possible by regulatory cooperation. However, an improper design of regulatory cooperation carries considerable risks for environmental protection in the EU: environmental standards might be lowered and environmental properties of products may be endangered.

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Series position Number of pages 7 Year of publication Author(s) Andreas Burger, Astrid Matthey Language English Other languages Deutsch
 Publisher Umweltbundesamt File size 3.38 MB Print version not available
Short link: www.umweltbundesamt.de/n33734en