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14-09-2009 TACD Applauds EU Crackdown on Websites Selling Consumer Electronic Goods |
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The TACD is a forum of US and EU consumer organisations which develops and agrees on joint consumer policy recommendations to the US government and the European Union to promote the consumer interest in EU and US policy making.
Latest news
TACD Calls for EU and US Governments to Support Traffic Light Nutritional Labelling
June 2010 - As senior EU and US Government officials meet in Brussels to discuss regulatory cooperation, TACD has issued a press release calling for both sides to support Traffic Light Nutritional Labelling in order to make the healthy choice the easy choice for consumers.
TACD Calls for Net Neutrality
June 2010 - TACD has issued a press release calling on EU and US Governments to promote policies that ensure Net Neutrality. Also see TACD's recent resolution on this issue.
May 2010 - TACD has issued a resolution calling on EU and US Governments and social network providers to take
urgent and necessary measures to improve the protection of consumers'
privacy. Read the press release.
May 2010 - On the 4th may, TACD together with the European Blind Union, held a meeting at the European Parliament bringing together stakeholders, experts and EU officials to discuss a way forward for a binding treaty to improve access to copyrighted works for persons with disabilities.
April 2010 - On the 28th April, TACD held a series of roundtable discussions at the U.S. Department of Commerce to discuss the implications for consumers of the recently published text of the Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement.
April 2010 - On the 28th April, TACD held a conference bringing together experts from consumer organisations, policy makers, academics and industry to discuss consumer-focused options for achieving a low-carbon economy.
April 2010 - On the 27th April, the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue held a day of discussion with EU and US government officials. Participants included Robert D. Hormats - Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs, John Dalli - EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, Jerold Mande – Deputy Undersecretary for Food Safety - US Department of Agriculture, Paola Testori – Director General, DG SANCO, European Commission and Julie Brill, Commissioner, U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
April 2010 - TACD has issued a resolution calling on EU and US Governments to promote policies that ensure that Internet Service Providers and communications networks do not unfairly limit the applications and information available to consumers.
April 2010 - TACD has issued a resolution calling on the EU and US Governments to take further measures to improve energy efficiency in the housing sector.
April 2010 - TACD has issued a resolution calling on the EU and US Governments to strengthen consumer protection laws, ensuring that they are well adapted to the online environment and vigorously enforced.
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TACD Policy - Key work areas
Transatlantic Economic Council
EU-US summits
Annual recommendations
Climate change
Intellectual property
Information society
Financial services
Food
Nanotechnologies
Product safety
Trade
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