Friday, June 14, 2013

Regulating Snus in the E.U.

Should the E.U. be able to regulate sales of a product that can legally be sold only in one state? Would such regulations encroach too much on the governmental sovereignty of the state? In the U.S., Congress has steadily extended its power to regulate interstate commerce to the point that commercial transactions taking place entirely within one state are routinely covered. Is the E.U. headed toward the same outcome?
The full essay is at "Essays on the E.U. Political Economy," available at Amazon.