Research Handbook on the WTO and Technical Barriers to Trade

Edited by Tracey Epps and Michael J. Trebilcock

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Abstract: A relatively new frontier for legal and policy analysis, technical barriers to trade (TBT’s) have become more common as traditional border barriers have been reduced. This comprehensive Handbook comprises original essays by eminent trade scholars exploring the implications of the WTO’s TBT Agreement.

Keywords: Law - Academic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
ISBN: 9780857936714
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction , pp 1-16

Robert Howse

Ch 2 The TBT Agreement in context , pp 17-80

Arkady Kudryavtsev

Ch 3 Conformity assessment procedures , pp 81-119

Arthur E. Appleton

Ch 4 Transparency obligations under the TBT Agreement , pp 120-163

Denise Prévost

Ch 5 Standard of review in TBT cases , pp 164-203

Michael M. Du

Ch 6 Moving out of the shadows: Bringing transparency to standards and regulations in the WTO’s TBT Committee , pp 204-237

Petros C. Mavroidis and Erik N. Wijkström

Ch 7 International standards , pp 238-279

Markus Wagner

Ch 8 Mutual Recognition Agreements and Equivalence Agreements , pp 280-314

Helen Churchman

Ch 9 The limits of PTAs: WTO legal restrictions on the use of WTO-plus technical regulations in PTAs , pp 315-357

Joel P. Trachtman

Ch 10 The TBT Agreement and developing countries , pp 358-390

Graham Mayeda

Ch 11 Contemporary problems of climate change and the TBT Agreement: Moving beyond eco-labelling , pp 391-423

Michael Cardwell and Fiona Smith

Ch 12 The REACH Regulation and the TBT Agreement: The role of the TBT Committee in regulatory processes* , pp 424-453

Lukasz Gruszczynski

Ch 13 Consumer information, consumer preferences and product labels under the TBT Agreement , pp 454-484

Tania Voon, Andrew Mitchell and Catherine Gascoigne

Ch 14 The TBT Agreement and private standards , pp 485-524

Alessandra Arcuri

Ch 15 Technical barriers to trade in information and communication technologies , pp 525-565

Branislav Hazucha

Ch 16 Conclusion , pp 566-576

Tracey Epps

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