Froman Calls On EU Regulators To Be More Like Their U.S. Counterparts

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman today (Sept. 30) laid out his vision for the regulatory cooperation agenda in free trade talks between the United States and European Union, essentially calling on EU regulators to act more like their U.S. counterparts in developing regulations and standards. Froman's comments focused heavily how the trade deal could establish cross-sector – or “horizontal” -- disciplines such as transparency and a stakeholder input in rulemaking, and mentioned only in passing the possibility of working together...