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NEW EU TOBACCO REGULATION: "sets out safety and quality requirements for consumer electronic cigarettes; allows Member States to prohibit internet sales of tobacco and related products; obliges manufacturers to notify novel tobacco products before placing them on the EU market." https://lnkd.in/drPD__q View in LinkedIn

NEW EU TOBACCO REGULATION: "The Tobacco Products Directive ... requires the tobacco industry to submit detailed reports to the Member States on the ingredients used in tobacco products; sets out safety and quality requirements for consumer electronic cigarettes." https://lnkd.in/drPD__q View in LinkedIn

DISRUPT, DELAY AND WEAKEN. "Firstly, the revision process attracted an unexpected high level of interest from stakeholders ... The consultation received the highest ever response in the EU's history (85,000) ... Only 2,320 submissions were openly linked to the tobacco industry." http://www.tobaccotactics.org/index.php/EU_Tobacco_Products_Directive_Revision View in LinkedIn

NEW EUROPEAN TOBACCO DIRECTIVE. "After weeks of intense debates, pressure from the public health community and the resignation of the Health Commissioner, the European Commission has adopted its proposal to revise the Tobacco Product Directive. It is now for adoption/revision by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers." https://lnkd.in/d-en8Tx View in LinkedIn

BIOINSPIRED NANOCOMPOSITES. "We also investigated silk fibroin fibers with strings-like morphology, bacteria with sphere and rod shapes, as well as butterfly wings, peacock feathers, and diatom frustules with ordered photonic crystal structures to integrate and enhance the functionalities of inorganic nanoparticles." https://lnkd.in/dhTvJv8 View in LinkedIn

DOPING SEMICONDUCTORS. "Today, the semiconductor industry annually spends billions of dollars in efforts to intentionally add impurities into semiconductor products ("doping"), which is a major step in the manufacturing of numerous electronic products, including computer chips, light emitting diodes and solar cells." https://lnkd.in/dh5dFCk 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

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

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

"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