Month: September 2022

CANADIAN E-CIGS. "Electronic cigarettes that do not contain nicotine are legal and readily available, in many places to minors as well, as long as they make no health claim." https://lnkd.in/dDe8XGS View in LinkedIn

TOBACCO policy is at a critical junction with global trade talks between the U.S. and Asia ("TTP") and Europe ("TTIP"). The issues of tobacco and food are critical issues in these talks, and essentially will set the game rules for much of the rest of the world, except China and Russia. Obama and Cameron are today discussing TTIP, and boosting it. View in LinkedIn

"TTIP stands for Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership and refers to an impending agreement between the EU and the US over “free trade”. TTP stands for Trans Pacific Partnership, a similar “free trade” agreement between the US, Canada, Australia, Japan, Peru, Singapore to name a few, which will replace the TPSEP, which has been in existence since 2005." https://lnkd.in/d3KpSH4 View in LinkedIn

GIANT TRADING BLOCK NOW. "The U.S.-EU economic relationship is already the world’s largest, representing 45% of global GDP and supporting $4 trillion in investment." http://leg.wa.gov/JointCommittees/LOCTP/Documents/2014June16/5%20TTIP%20Policy%20Factsheet%202014.pdf/ View in LinkedIn

THE SELLING PROPOSITION: "TTIP will drive economic growth in both the U.S. and EU by eliminating tariffs, liberalizing services trade, and increasing regulatory compatibility." http://leg.wa.gov/JointCommittees/LOCTP/Documents/2014June16/5%20TTIP%20Policy%20Factsheet%202014.pdf/ View in LinkedIn

THE SELLING PROPOSITION FOR TTIP: "Since regulatory barriers frequently impede trade between the U.S. and EU, harmonizing regulations has potential to significantly increase trade and create jobs on both sides of the Atlantic." Harmonizing is the root of the problem. https://lnkd.in/deAczFV View in LinkedIn

PARALELL TRACK TRADE TALKS. "In parallel to the EU-US trade deal currently under way, the US is negotiating a similar agreement with 11 countries of the Asia Pacific: the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)." https://lnkd.in/dSfqa6N View in LinkedIn

TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY. "TTIP is really the economic arm of NATO and is clearly aimed at containing Russia; the TTP, on the other hand, is obviously a very strong attempt to contain China, and to create an opposite economic bloc in Asia." One aspect. https://lnkd.in/dSfqa6N View in LinkedIn

TTIP HARMONIZATION TALKS BETWEEN US AND EU. "Trade agreements have a profound influence on how regulations to protect public health and how we produce food ... U.S. and EU food safety regulations in the U.S. and the EU often set the bar for such standards around the world." Food, toxic chemicals, and tobacco. https://lnkd.in/dMW_Zsn View in LinkedIn

FOOD, TOBACCO, TOXIC CHEMICALS have been topics of interest in this blog for a while, and it is timely that the TTIP talks are back in the news, which is where all this blog background was leading. Most people do not know about TTIP and TTP, but their outcomes are of immense importance for cultural heritages and differing values. View in LinkedIn