On issues such
as CRISPR and genetic engineering the EU is regulating itself out of the competition and many
businesspeople are unaware that this will get
much worse once the ECJ starts using the Charter of Fundamental Rights to seize control of such regulation for itself, which will mean not just more anti-science regulation but also damaging uncertainty
as scientists and companies face the ECJ suddenly pulling a human rights «top trump» out of the deck whenever they fancy (one of the many arguments Vote Leave made during the referendum that we could not get the media to report, partly because of persistent confusion between the COFR and the ECHR).