Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation: Background and Analysis

Ahearn, Raymond J.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Foreign policy;    Foreign relations -- U.S. -- European Union;    Foreign relations -- European Union -- U.S.;    Trade;    Foreign trade regulation;   

RP-ID  :  RL34717
RP-ID  :  RL34717_2008Oct22

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report is intended to serve as an introduction and primer on a complicated, broad, and often highly technical set of issues. It is presented in seven parts: the first section describes the nature and scope of U.S.-EU regulatory barriers; the second section explains the rationale for regulatory cooperation; the third section highlights the differences in U.S.-EU regulatory approaches; the fourth section examines the various forms of regulatory cooperation; the fifth section evaluates the results of past initiatives at regulatory cooperation; the sixth section analyses the creation and operation of the Transatlantic Economic Council; and the last section highlights the role of Congress in transatlantic regulatory cooperation.