Consumer advocacy groups urge U.S., EU to lay down trade weapons

The Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue on Monday urged the U.S. and the European Union to, for the good of their consumers, broker a ceasefire in respective tiffs over regulatory action – most recently related to the bloc’s digital economy proposals and the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act. “We write to you on behalf of leading consumer and digital rights organisations, members of the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD), in the United States and Europe, to call on you not to use trade...