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'They talk about something called regulatory convergence and that is synonym for saying we want to take away stronger public protections and go with the worst or least and prevent the countries or trading partners, the US or EU or any individual countries or US states from enacting stronger laws in the future.'

Ed Mierzwinski, the US Chair
of Trans Atlantic Consumers
Dialogue (TACD), a forum of
the largest European and
American consumer groups,
and consumer program director
of the US Public Interest
Research Group (USPIRG),
a Washington-based watchdog
organization, on negotiations
for a new US-Eu trade pact