A fuzzy look at a fuzzy agreement: Risk management under the WTO SPS Agreement

James C. Hartigan and Joseph A. McMahon

Economic Analysis and Policy, 2022, vol. 73, issue C, 272-284

Abstract: Risk management does not appear explicitly in the SPS Agreement. Support for it appears in the Agreement nonetheless. The Appellate Body has acknowledged that the Agreement does not draw a distinction between assessment and management. Our focus is the assessment and management of risk through interpretation of the expression of the SPS Agreement.

Keywords: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement; Risk management; Risk assessment; Fuzzy logic; Public health policy; Trade disputes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 K33 Q17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2021.11.010

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