The seventh round of the EU-U.S. negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement took place in Chevy Chase, Maryland from September 29 – October 3, 2014. 

On September 30, the members of the EU Business Alliance for TTIP released a statement reaffirming their support for regulatory coherence and cooperation in TTIP for both economic and strategic reasons.

The EU Business Alliance stresses that with the continuing turbulence in the world economy, the U.S. and the EU must build on the strength of their economic ties to generate jobs and growth. By ensuring that regulators are better aware and understand what their transatlantic counterparts are doing, TTIP can help avoid and overcome unnecessary regulatory differences that often make trade prohibitively expensive - especially for SMEs - while maintaining the current high levels of protection enjoyed by U.S. and EU citizens.

Further positions by members of the Business Alliance for TTIP on the regulatory component in TTIP:

• AmCham EU’s position on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) (American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union, March 2014)
• TTIP: The Regulatory Component (BUSINESSEUROPE / U.S. Chamber of Commerce, April 2014)
• Regulatory Cooperation in TTIP (BUSINESSEUROPE / U.S. Chamber of Commerce, October 2012)
• Joint Response for Request for Comments Concerning Regulatory Cooperation between the United States and the European Union (BUSINESSEUROPE / U.S. Chamber of Commerce, June 2011)
• EUROCHAMBRES’ Views and Priorities for the Negotiations with the United States for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) (EUROCHAMBRES, December 2013)
• Services Must be a Major Component of TTIP (European Services Forum / Coalition of Service Industries, May 2014)
• Regulatory Cooperation Component in the Services Sectors to an EU-US Economic Agreement (European Services Forum / Coalition of Service Industries, November 2012)
• TABC Priorities in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (Trans-Atlantic Business Council, September 2014)