To help reach the goal of having compatible standards across both sides of the Atlantic, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Wednesday 17 July agreed to expand their current scientific co-operation to 10 different areas. The JRC-NIST Implementing Arrangement is particularly relevant in the light of the currently negotiated Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
The TTIP aims to remove tariffs and unnecessary regulation and facilitate trade and investments on the other side of the Atlantic. Once in place, the free trade agreement will save millions of euros to companies and create hundreds of thousands of jobs. Read more…
