EU Health Commissioner Andriukaitis meets with ambassadors from North and South America, asserts that EU EDC criteria will address concerns over possible trade restrictions
Controversy over TTIP
Greenpeace leaks TTIP negotiation documents implying risks for environment and public health; EU Commissioner for trade asserts that trade deal will not lower EU standards
Opinion: TTIP essential for success of chemical industry
European chemical industry sees great economic opportunities in TTIP while maintaining the high safety standards provided by REACH
TTIP: Campaign to protect EU chemicals law
Non-profit organizations HEAL and CIEL launch campaign to safeguard EU chemicals regulations from impacts of trade partnership (TTIP) between EU and U.S.
Restart of TTIP negotiations
NGO CHEM Trust warns of TTIP’s repercussions on chemical safety as negotiations between the EU and the U.S. continue in Brussels
Opinion: TTIP should strengthen chemical safety, not weaken it
European Consumer Organisation recommends excluding chemicals from TTIP negotiations between U.S. and EU due to incompatible approaches to chemicals regulation
Multi-stakeholder forum on TTIP
Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue brings together participants from civil society, government, legislators and business to discuss consumer issues regarding TTIP
TTIP: Trade and sustainability
European Commission proposes chapter on trade and sustainability for TTIP; NGO says EC’s proposal fails to maintain level of chemical safety in the EU
EU policy on EDCs deliberately obstructed
New report reveals internal documents, details stakeholder activities in obstructing Commission work on endocrine disrupting chemicals
Opinion: Chemicals must be excluded from TTIP
NGOs from the EU and the U.S. ask chair of EU Parliament Trade Committee to support exclusion of chemicals from TTIP trade negotiations