{"189881":{"#nid":"189881","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Regulating Food Safety in the European Union and the United States: Similarities and Differences","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe United States and the European Union are the world\u2019s two regulatory \u2018great powers\u2019 (Drezner). Food safety is one area where their regulations frequently differ. These differences are sufficiently important that they have impeded the launching of a comprehensive transatlantic trade agreement mooted to be negotiated this year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtcets.weebly.com\/\u0022\u003ECenter for European and Transatlantic Studies (CETS)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ciber.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;will be co-hosting this event featuring\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ECarlos Alvarez Antolinez\u003C\/strong\u003E, DVM, MA, MSc, MSc,\u0026nbsp;Minister-Counselor, Food Safety, Health and Consumer Affairs, Delegation of the European Union in Washington DC.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECarlos is a European Commission official since 1993; before joining the EU Delegation in Washington in October 2009, he worked for eleven years in the Commission\u0027s Food and Veterinary Office in Ireland where he was in charge of different inspection units. Before that he worked in Brussels from 1993 to 1998 in the Commission\u0027s division of agricultural research and prior to that in the National and Regional Administrations in Spain. In the EU Delegation, he deals mainly with issues related to Food Safety, Animal Health, Animal Welfare and Plant Health.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECarlos is a veterinarian by training (Veterinary School of Leon, Spain) and also holds master degrees in Public Administration (Complutense University of Madrid), Management in the Public Sector (Trinity College Dublin) and Public Policy and Management (University of London).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESponsored by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/education\/lifelong-learning-programme\/doc88_en.htm\u0022\u003EEuropean Commission\u2019s Jean Monnet Program\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlease see the event\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/inta.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/alvarezantolinez.pdf\u0022\u003EFlyer\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for more information.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtcets.weebly.com\/\u0022\u003ECenter for European and Transatlantic Studies (CETS)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ciber.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;will be co-hosting this event featuring \u003Cstrong\u003ECarlos Alvarez Antolinez\u003C\/strong\u003E, Minister-Counselor, Food Safety, Health and Consumer Affairs, Delegation of the European Union in Washington DC.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This event features Carlos Alvarez Antolinez, Minister-Counselor, Food Safety, Health and Consumer Affairs, Delegation of the European Union in Washington D.C."}],"uid":"27694","created_gmt":"2013-02-05 12:59:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:02:28","author":"Debbie Mobley","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-02-12T16:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2013-02-12T17:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-02-12T17:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-02-12 21:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-02-12 22:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-02-12 22:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"},{"id":"1297","name":"Office of International Education"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"57791","name":"Carlos Alvarez Antolinez"},{"id":"5466","name":"European Union"},{"id":"11378","name":"food safety"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:alasdair.young@gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAlasdair Young\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAssociate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair\u003Cbr \/\u003ECo-Director, Center for European and Transatlantic Studies\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003Cbr \/\u003ETel: +1 (404) 385 8570\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}