With current World Trade Organization jurisprudence involving the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Agreements developing rapidly, this volume presents 16 chapters analyzing doctrinal,
conceptual, and policy issues associated with TBT in World Trade Organization law. Topics include: conformity assessment procedures; transparency obligations; standard of review in TBT cases;
international standards; mutual recognition agreements and equivalence agreements; WTO legal restrictions on the use of WTO-plus technical regulations in preferential trade agreements; the TBT
Agreement and developing countries; contemporary problems of climate change and the TBT Agreement; consumer information, consumer preferences, and product labels under the TBT Agreement; the
TBT Agreement and private standards; and technical barriers to trade in information and communication technologies. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
