International Standardization and Trade Regulation Exploring Linkages between International Standardization Organizations and International Trade Agreements

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-9004691834
• ISBN-13: 978-9004691841
• Thông tin xuất bản: Brill 2024
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 469463
• Chủ đề: 1. International economic & trade law; 2. International law; 3. International organisations & institutions

Tóm tắt

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.