Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation

Edited by David Vogel, University of California, Berkeley, US and Johan Swinnen, University of Leuven (K.U.Leuven), Belgium

In this increasingly globalised regulatory environment there is a need to better understand how the world s two most active trade-blocks are cooperating especially with regard to pending complicated regulations be it REACH or the proposed revision of US TSCA. In this most timely book, Vogel and Swinnen bring together an outstanding group of scholars to help explain the delicate and important intricacies of present policy debates, making the volume essential reading for policy researchers, regulators and consultants active in the area. Ragnar Lofstedt, King's College London, UK David Vogel and Johan Swinnen have assembled a first-rate book on regulatory cooperation between the US and EU. The case studies provide detailed and nuanced analyses of policy areas from water to climate change and biotechnology, and the concluding chapters offer well-judged and balanced assessments of the regulatory challenges for future transatlantic relations. - Robert Falkner, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation represents a cutting-edge contribution to the study of economic regulation, and in particular the prospects for cooperation between the US and the EU as the world's dominant economic blocs. The authors, among the leading scholars in their fields, provide theoretically and empirically informed studies of transatlantic cooperation and conflict in areas such as the environment, climate change, food safety, and genetically modified foods, deriving provocative and compelling policy recommendations from each. The discussion of federalism, and the opportunities and constraints it presents for international cooperation, is superb. --- Mark A. Pollack, Temple University, US

• Contents:IntroductionHeddy Riss, Johan F.M. Swinnen and David VogelPART I: FEDERALISM AND COOPERATION AT THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS1. Legal Guidelines for Cooperation between the EU and American State Governments Daniel Farber2. Transatlantic Environmental Regulation-making: Strengthening Cooperation between California and the EU Christina G. Hioureas and Bruce E. Cain3. California Motor Vehicle Standards and Federalism: Lessons for the EU Ann E. CarlsonPART II: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION4. Rivers of Diversity: Water Regulation in California and the EUGabrielle Bouleau and Matt Kondolf5. Reshaping Chemicals Policy on Two Sides of the Atlantic: The Promise of Improved Sustainability through International Collaboration Megan R. Schwarzman and Michael P. Wilson6. Climate Change Policy in California: Balancing Markets versus RegulationMichael Hanemann and Chris BuschPART III: FOOD SAFETY AND AGRICULTURE7. US versus EU Biotechnology Regulations and Comparative Advantage: Implications for Future Conflicts and TradeGal Hochman, Gordon C. Rausser and David Zilberman8. Circuits of Regulation: Transatlantic Perspectives on Persistent Organic Pollutants and Endocrine Disrupting ChemicalsChris Ansell and Jörg Balsiger9. How to Get Out of the Transatlantic Regulatory Deadlock Over Genetically Modified Organisms? Alberto AlemannoPART IV: THE POTENTIAL AND LIMITS OF INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY COOPERATION10. Food Labels and the Environment: Towards Harmonization of EU and US Organic Standards David E. Winickoff and Kendra Klein11. EU–US Horizontal Regulatory Cooperation: Mutual Recognitionof Impact Assessment?Anne C.M. MeuwesePART V: SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS12. Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation: Conclusions and Implications Axel Marx and Jan Wouters13. Lessons Learned and Suggestions for Improving Regulatory Cooperation between California and the EU Ian ClarkIndex