This well-documented book analyzes the possibilities and constraints of regulatory cooperation between the EU and the US (particularly California) with a specific focus on environmental protection, food safety and agriculture, biosafety and biodiversity.

Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation features eleven original essays by leading academics of regulation on both sides of the Atlantic. They explore topics such as the impact of federalism on regulatory policies both within the US and Europe, the transatlantic dynamics of water policy, climate change, pesticide and chemical regulation, and biotechnology. A primary focus of this timely study is on the shifting roles of California and the EU as regulatory leaders and ITS impact on future regulatory cooperation across the Atlantic.

This informative book will appeal to graduate and postgraduate students, as well as academics and researchers in international relations, business, law and economics who are working on regulatory issues. The policy community which focuses on regulation and transatlantic regulatory relations will also find it an important resource.

Part I. Federalism and Cooperation at the National and International Levels 1. Legal guidelines for cooperation between the EU and American state governments 2. Transatlantic envionmental regulation-making: strengthening cooperation between California and the EU 3. California motor vehicle standards and federalism: lessons for the EU Part II. Environmental Protection 4. Rivers of diversity: water regulation in California and the EU 5. Reshaping chemicals sustainability through international collaboration 6. Climate change policy in California: balancing markets versus regulation Part III. Food Safety and Agriculture 7. US versus EU biotechnology refulations and comparative advantage: implications for future conflicts and trade 8. Circuits of regulation: transatlantic perspectives on persistent organic pollutants and endocrine disrupting chemicals 9. How to get out of the transatlantic regulatory deadlock ver gentically modified organisms? Part IV. The Potertial and Limit of international Regulatory Cooperation 10. Food labels and the envionment: towards harmonization of EU and US organic standards 11. EU-US horizontal regulatory cooperation: mutual recognition of impact assessment? Part V. Summary, Conclusions and Implications 12. Transatlantic regulatory cooperation: conclusions and implications 13. Lessons learned and suggestions for improving regulatory cooperaiton between California and the EU Index