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09 October 2018 |
16 July 2018 EU-Japan trade deal to be signed: data protection secured, further clarity needed on other issuesA trade deal between the EU and Japan will be signed in Tokyo tomorrow (17 July). Consumer groups welcome that rules on data flows – which could risk undoing EU efforts to protect people’s personal data – have been excluded from the deal. However, two issues – that of using an investor protection court and the formulation of consumer benefits – remain unclear at this stage. |
18 June 2018 |
Our work areas
Chinese toys, American cars and Tunisian shoes are just some of the products from an almost endless list that European consumers use on a daily basis. Therefore, trade policy has a big influence on our lives. Ongoing trade negotiations will affect Europe’s consumers. These will go beyond decisions on removing tariffs (possibly reducing prices of consumer goods) and potentially change the level of consumer protection when it comes to data protection, chemicals, food safety and services.
Together with our US counterparts from the Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) we are closely following the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) a EU-US trade deal under negotiation.
We also scrutinise the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). This is another trade deal currently being negotiated by the EU and 22 other countries. Its objective is to make trade in services such as e-commerce, telecommunications, financial services and transport between signatory countries easier.
As consumers throughout Europe do not share the same level of awareness on these agreements, BEUC has developed communication tools in order to inform ordinary citizens on the potential benefits and risks of TTIP and TISA.
