Technical Barriers and SPS Measures

This volume brings together the foremost experts in the field to on technical standards and sanitary and phytosanitary measures. The authors provide an article by article analysis of the Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement and the Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, covering some of the most controversial WTO provisions dealing with the intersection of trade, health and the environment. This includes in-depth assessments of the interplay between scientific evidence and law, the role of standards in international economic governance and the regulatory autonomy states have.