Europe Plan on Chemicals Seen as Threat to U.S. Exports
With the issue of labeling genetically modified food still roiling trade negotiations between the US and European Union a new friction has emerged over trade in chemicals. The latest European requirement that companies undertake testing the effect of chemicals on humans before they export may affect $20 billion worth of American export. The Bush administration says the proposal amounts to an abuse of regulatory authority and is potentially a trade barrier.
Europe Plan on Chemicals Seen as Threat to U.S. Exports
Thursday, May 8, 2003
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