Food standards in trade agreements: differing regulatory traditions in the EU and the US and tips for the TTIP

Comment | Stellungnahme

The European Union is both the largest exporter and importer of agricultural products in the world. Its major trading partners are the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Russia, and China. This trade in agricultural products is influenced by a number of political measures. In addition to tariffs, trade in foodstuffs is increasingly influenced by so-called nontariff measures (NTMs), among which are threshold values for pesticide residues, production standards, and packing- and labeling standards. In fact, such measures can impact the costs of trade much more than tariffs. Reducing these NTMs within the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) offers enormous prospects for economic growth. (author's abstract)

Object Details

• Alternative title: Lebensmittelstandards in Handelsabkommen: unterschiedliche Regelungstraditionen von EU und USA und Tipps für TTIP
• ISSN: 1861-1761
• Extent: Seite(n): 8
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: SWP Comment (49/2014)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Wirtschaft ; Internationale Beziehungen ; internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; EU ; internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Handel ; internationales Abkommen ; Agrarprodukt ; Nahrungsmittel ; USA ; Regulierung ; Harmonisierung ; Risikoabschätzung ; WTO

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Rudloff, Bettina
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
• (where): Deutschland, Berlin
• (when): 2014

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-410802
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST