Barriers or benefits?
Subtitle: regulation in transatlantic trade
By: David Vogel.
Contributors: European Community Studies Association.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Foreign trade regulation -- United States.; Environmental law -- United States.; Foreign trade regulation -- European Union countries.; Environmental law -- European Union countries.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-74) and index.
"Published for the European Community Studies Association."