Research handbook on the WTO and technical barriers to trade

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Robert Howse -- The TBT agreement in context / Arkady Kudryavstev -- Conformity assessment procedures / Arthur E. Appleton -- Transparency obligations under the TBT agreement / Denise Prévost -- Standard of review in TBT cases / Michael M. Dru -- Moving out of the shadows : bringing transparency to standards and regulations in the WTO's TBT Committee / Petros C. Mavroidis and Erik N. Wijkström -- International standards / Markus Wagner -- Mutual recognition agreements and equivalence agreements / Helen Churchman -- The limit of PTAs : WTO legal restrictions on the use of WTO-plus technical regulations in PTAs / Joel P. Trachtman -- The TBT agreement and developing countries / Graham Mayeda -- Contemporary problems of climate change and the TBT agreement : moving beyond eco-labelling / Michael Cardwell and Fiona Smith -- The REACH regulation and the TBT agreement : the role of the TBT Committee in regulatory processes / Lukasz Gruszczynski -- Consumer information, consumer preferences and product labels under the TBT agreement / Tania Voon, Andrew Mitchell and Catherine Gascoigne -- The TBT agreement and private standards / Alessandra Acuri -- Technological barriers to trade in information and communication technologies / Branislav Hazucha -- Conclusion / Tracey Epps.