SPS Measures
March 2000
Edition 2
   
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Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary Measures
Introduction
Trade and SPS measures
Significance of SPS measures
Objectives of SPS measures
Regulations or standards
SPS measures
Classification of SPS measures
SPS measures in the forest sector
Brazil nuts and EU regulations
Barriers to trade
Are SPS measures protectionist
Available evidence
Restrictions on trade from developing countries
WTO Agreement on SPS measures
Introduction
- Areas covered by the SPS agreement
- Principles of the Agreement
Improving the position of developing country producers
- Introduction
Problems faced
- International assistance
Conclusions
References and links
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In the first edition you can find links to some organisations that work on trade, development and environment issues [See http://www.nri.org/NRET/PWB/et0-b.htm]

The following references are used in the website. Where they are available on the Internet a URL is given. In some cases the URL is for the host organisation rather than the page where the document is to be found
 

Bello, Walden (1997) ‘The threat of green protectionism’, Bridges, 1(2) July 1997
Bridges can be found at http://www.ictsd.org/

Bourke, I J, and Leitch, J, 1998, Trade restrictions and their impact on international trade in forest products, FAO, Rome.
http://www.fao.org/forestry/FOP/FOPH/bkleich/B98-1.stm

FAO (no date) ‘Codex and the international food trade’, http://www/fao.org/docrep/w9114e/W9114e06.htm 

Henson, S and Loader Rupert  (2000) ‘Barriers to Agricultural Exports from Developing Countries: the role of sanitary and phytosanitary requirements’, Centre for Food Economics Research (CeFER), Department of Agricultural and Food Economics, University of Reading. Mimeo.

Kwa, Aileen (1999) ‘Towards food security. A position paper for developing countries in the review of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture’, Focus on Trade, No 33, Jan 1999. 
http://www.focusweb.org/focus/pd/apec/fot/fot33.htm

Messerlin, Patrick A and Zarrouk, Jamel (1999) ‘Trade Facilitation: Technical Regulation and Customs Procedures’.  The WTO/World Bank Conference on Developing Countries in a Millennium Round, Centre William Rappard, Geneva, 20-21 September 1999.
http://www.itd.org/wb/dc_milpap.htm

Michalopoulos, Constantine  (1999) ‘Trade policy and market access issues for developing countries’, Senior advisor to World Bank, paper written on secondment to WTO, 
http://www1.worldbank.org/wbiep/trade/wto2000_bps.html

Moltke, Konrad von (1999) ‘The dilemma of the precautionary principle in international trade’, Bridges, 3 (6) July –Aug 1999 
Bridges can be found at http://www.ictsd.org/

Nycander, Gunnel Axelsson (1999) ‘Consequences for the import of organic products from developing nations’, A report produced on behalf of Sida, Swedish International Development Authority.

Roberts, Donna (1998) ‘Implementation  of the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures’, Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, 

Roberts, Donna; Josling, Timothy E and Orden, D (1999) ‘A framework for analysing technical barriers in agricultural markets’  Market and Trade Economics Division, Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture.  Technical Bulletin No 1876
 http://www.econ.ag.gov/epubs/pdf/tb1876/

Sizer, Nigel, Downes, David and Kaimowitz, David (1999) ‘Tree Trade: Liberalization of international commerce in forest products: risks and opportunities’  Forest Notes, World Resources Institute, Center for International Environmental Law, November 1999
 http://www.wri.org/forests/treetrade.html

UNCTAD and FIELD (1999) ‘Strengthening Research and Policy Making Capacity  on trade and environment in developing countries’, Project launching workshop, Geneva 24-25 June 1999, Issues Paper (Project INT/98/A61)
 http://www.unctad.org/trade-env/docs/Issues1.doc

Walker, Kevin D (1999) ‘Overview of problems and actors, public and private roles, interest groups in developing countries’, World Bank Rural Week Conference.  Political dimensions of food safety, trade and rural growth . Session on Political Dimensions of Food Safety, Trade and rural Growth.

Ward, Halina (1999) ‘Science and Precaution in the Trading System’. Report of the IISD/RIIA meeting held at the WTO's Third Ministerial Conference, Seattle, December 1999,
http://iisd.ca/trade/pubs.htm

Wilson, John S (1999) ‘The post-Seattle Agenda of the World Trade Organization in Standards and Technical Barriers to Trade: Issues for developing countries, work in progress’ World Bank web site

WWF (1999) ‘A Reform Agenda for the Seattle Ministerial Conference 30 November – 3 December 1999’. WWF Position Paper 12 Sept 1999
 http://www.panda.org/resources/publications/sustainability/wto-papers/reform.html

Youssef, Hesham (199) ‘Trade Related agenda development and Equity’, TRADE working paper, 2 South Centre, June 1999
 http://www.southcentre.org/publications/s&d/toc.htm

Zarrilli, Simonetta (1999) ‘WTO Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement: Issues for Developing Countries’, Trade-Related Agenda, Development and Equity (TRADE) Working Papers, No 3, South Centre, July 1999
 http://www.southcentre.org/publications/s&p/toc.htm



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