Rhoda, known as the Grande Dame of the international consumer movement died peacefully at home on the 4th of August, […]
Rhoda Karpatkin 1930 – 2023
TACD Public Forum 2023: For better or for worse? The EU-U.S. cooperation and its impact on consumers
On June 27, 2023, the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) hosted its public forum marking the first in-person event since 2019, […]
Civil society proposals to reconcile trade rules with the need for regulatory action
When governments adopt new legislation, they need to check if their plan is in line with international agreements they signed […]
Generative AI threatens consumer rights
Over the last months there has been an explosion of services driven by generative artificial intelligence. Consumer organizations in EU […]
Regulating at a glacial pace: barriers to progress written into our trade regimes
This blog was posted on the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Brussels’ office website. We’re at a climate tipping point, yet international trade rules […]
Advancing Responsible AI: Policy priorities from European and U.S. consumer and digital groups
Our lives are dominated by products and technologies which are interconnected and increasingly automated and adaptive. The shift towards the […]
Transatlantic Collaboration on AI: 70+ consumer and digital groups sound the alarm
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to permeate our daily lives through virtual assistants and facial recognition tools, consumer and digital […]
Trade and Technology Council: renewed recommendations from 70+ European and U.S. consumer and digital groups
Ahead of the 5 December meeting of the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) in Washington, D.C., the Transatlantic Consumer […]
The FTC must act against unfair and deceitful commercial surveillance
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is considering new privacy rules. The ICCL & Open Markets & TACD (a forum of […]
Statement by TACD on the announcement of a New EU-U.S. Personal Data Transfers Framework
Today, President Biden signed an Executive Order concerning a new agreement on EU-U.S. data flows. The Executive Order follows the […]