Looking behind the curtain : the growth of trade barriers that ignore sound science
National Foreign Trade Council, Washington, DC
NFTC - Washington, DC
2003
2 v.
commerce ; conformity assessment ; European Union ; export ; precautionary principle ; regulation ; standard ; trade agreement ; trade barrier ; WTO
Trade
English
Bibliogr.
"...The aim of the TR2 project is to identify and analyze national technical regulations, standards and procedures that have been proposed or implemented for the stated purpose of promoting human health and safety, animal welfare, and/or environmental protection, but which are not based on sound science. We believe that when these regulations and standards are not based on sound science or international standards formed through consensus, they violate the terms of WTO Agreements that serve as part of the foundation of the multilateral trading system, namely, the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement and the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Agreement. Furthermore, when regulations and standards are not based on sound science they serve as de facto trade barriers and have a negative impact on a wide variety of U.S. export sectors, as well as, those of developing countries. ..."
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