Download or read book International Standardization and the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade written by Andrea Barrios Villarreal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Standardization and the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade examines the international standardization system generally, with a specific focus on some of the bodies within this system, along with their rules and procedures. It also examines - and questions - the lack of definition regarding several features related to the system, notably an international standardizing body (ISB) and international standards in the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT). Andrea Barrios Villarreal, who has been involved in standardization activities for more than seven years, provides a unique and in-depth analysis that will be useful to scholars, students and practitioners. This illuminating work is a welcome addition to the international economic law literature and should be read by anyone with an interest in the interaction between trade law and international standardization.
Download or read book Technical Barriers to Trade written by Laurel A. Brien and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Technical Barriers to Trade written by World Trade Organization and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book International Standardization and Trade Regulation written by Sebastian Klotz and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-01-08 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation. As tariffs have fallen dramatically over the past decades, behind-the-border measures—such as technical barriers to trade (TBT) and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures—have become increasingly important for international trade policy. To facilitate trade, governments sign trade agreements in which they agree to base such measures on international standards. But who actually develops these standards? This book takes a close look at the International Organization for Standardization and the Codex Alimentarius – two prominent standard-setting organizations in the area of TBT and SPS – to investigate how international standardization influences the design of international trade agreements, and vice versa.
Download or read book Wto Agreement Series written by World Trade Organization and published by . This book was released on 2010-12-31 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Standards and Conformity Assessment as Nontariff Barriers to Trade written by Sherry Stephenson and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1997 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Influencing and Meeting International Standards written by Commonwealth Secretariat and published by Commonwealth Secretariat. This book was released on 2003 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Research Handbook on the WTO and Technical Barriers to Trade written by Tracey Epps and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-29 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bookês comprehensive and accessible approach makes it a first point of reference for all trade law practitioners, policymakers and regulators. For scholars and students, the Handbook will prove essential reading for a deeper understanding of trade
Download or read book WTO written by Rüdiger Wolfrum and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume gives a detailed account of the parameters for technical standards and measures seeking to protect health and environment
Download or read book Quantifying the Impact of Technical Barriers to Trade written by Keith Eugene Maskus and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A discussion of the increasingly contentious debates over national regulations of safety and health in the international trade system
Download or read book The Tokyo Round Trade Agreements written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Market Access Technical Barriers to Trade written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the Review of the Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement is to examine the operation and implementation of the Agreement. In this discussion paper, Canada provides comments on the principal issues that the WTO TBT Committee has addressed and those which Canada views as essential to the continued good functioning of the Agreement. These issues include: technical assistance for developing countries; international standardization; conformity assessment; and the notification obligations of the Agreement.
Download or read book The WTO and Technical Barriers to Trade written by Spencer Henson and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative volume brings together for the first time the foremost research and commentary on technical barriers to trade. It explores the major theoretical issues associated with analysis of the impact of technical measures on trade in goods and the challenges associated with attempts to quantify impacts on trade flows. Previous empirical analyses of the impact of technical barriers on trade in goods in general are then presented. This is followed by in-depth coverage of the trade effects of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures, an area where analysis is particularly challenging. Finally, the volume concludes by exploring institutional efforts to overcome the impact of technical barriers, including harmonization of standards and the role of the WTO. The WTO and Technical Barriers to Trade will be an invaluable source of reference for academics, students and policymakers alike.
Download or read book Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade written by General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization) and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Harmonization Equivalence and Mutual Recognition of Standards in WTO Law written by Humberto Zúñiga Schroder and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Standards are a feature of virtually all areas of trade in products and services. Yet, although standards may achieve an efficient economic exchange, they have discriminatory consequences for trading partners when governments formulate or apply them in such a way as to cause obstacles to trade, thus enrolling standards among the increasingly significant ‘non-tariff barriers’ regulated by the WTO. This unique and original study analyses the functions that standards fulfil in the market, their effect on trade, and the legal regime based on harmonization, equivalence and mutual recognition developed by the WTO to deal with standards. The author investigates the way in which both the WTO Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) and the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures Agreements regulate these three tools, and discusses key topics including: The definition of the concept ‘International Standard’ in the TBT Agreement. Guidelines on equivalence issued by organizations such as the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the World Organization for Animal Health and the International Plant Protection Convention. Parallels between the EC mutual recognition regime and the WTO system. This is the first work on its subject. With its detailed and practical analysis of WTO law on standards, the book is a fundamental reference for practitioners, academics and policy makers in international trade law.
Download or read book The Tokyo Round Trade Agreements Technical barriers to trade written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Analysis of the Law Practice and Policy of the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade in Relation to International Standards and the International Organization for Standardization written by Tonny Okwenye and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the legal and policy objectives of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) with specific reference to international standards and the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). The study sets out the history and development of the TBT Agreement and the relationship between the TBT Agreement and selected WTO Agreements. The study also explores the application and interpretation of the TBT Agreement under the WTO dispute settlement system. More importantly, the study addresses the legal, policy and practical implications of the TBT Agreement for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in Africa. A central argument put forward in this study is that, albeit international standards have been recognised as an important tool for LDCs in Africa to gain access to foreign markets, there is no significant "political will" and commitment from the key players in standardisation work, that is, the national governments, the private sector and the ISO. At the same time, some developed and developing countries tend to use their influence and involvement in the activities of the ISO as a means of promoting the use and adoption of their homegrown standards. The study proposes, among others, that a more participatory approach which encompasses representatives from consumer groups, the private sector and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from these LDCs in Africa, should be adopted.
