Technical Barriers to Trade in New Generation RTAs and in the WTO Agreements - Conflict or Complementarity-

Technical Barriers to Trade in “New Generation” RTAs and in the WTO Agreements: Conflict or Complementarity?



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English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031257901 | 331 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 2.2 MB

This book examines the interplay between cooperation on technical barriers to trade (TBT) in free trade agreements and the multilateral framework of the World Trade Organization. In recent years, TBT, especially differences in standards, have attracted increased interest and have been addressed as part of the WTO+ negotiated agenda in trade agreements. Because of a number of political and legal constraints, the process of further cooperation at the WTO have been stalled, which made free trade agreements a central pillar in setting the agenda of international trade governance. This leads us to rethinking the interrelation between the WTO and free trade agreements and to questioning the role of both fora in the future of trade.