Abstract
The EU represents for US companies a very important market in the terms of chemicals. In 2014 US chemical export counted for almost $164 billion USD while import in chemicals counted for $183 billion USD. In the terms of export, the most important partner according to percentage share are the remaining two NAFTA countries: Canada (14.62%) and Mexico (9.95%). On the third place is Belgium (7.51%), which is followed by Japan (6.08%) and China (5.9%). However, if we count EU28 as one subject, the share of the EU on the US export is 30.5% (WITS 2015).
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It is estimated that existing substances counts for 99% by volume of chemicals in commerce (Applegate 2008: 732).
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See for example the case Corrosion Proof Fittings v. EPA as summarized by Linda Stadler (1993) which led to failure of EPA to ban azbestos.
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For example 1986 Asbestos hazard Emergency Response Act, 1988 and 1990 Radon Acts, 2008 Mercury Export Ban Acts or 2010 Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act (see Schierow, Linda-Jo 2013).
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Filipec, O. (2017). Europeanization of US Chemical Policy?. In: REACH Beyond Borders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54154-9_5
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