The WTO’s trade policy review process and SPS regulations The European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) has posted a paper which argues that ‘the WTO’s Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM... 01/07/2009
´Aid for trade’ and the SPS challenge The January-February 2006 Trade Negotiations Insights contains an article on aid-for-trade in the field of SPS. In the fruit-and-vegetable sector i... 31/03/2006
Regionalisation of SPS measures is discussed The scope for regionalising SPS rules and the relevance of the WTO as a forum for deliberating on these issues were discussed by WTO members... 28/02/2006
Commissioner Mandelson stresses the importance of SPS issues to future trade Addressing a conference on EU exports and sanitary and phytosanitary measures in Brussels on May 27th 2005, Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said... 30/08/2005
Latest edition of SPS news The latest edition of the EC's SPS News contains reports on a number of initiatives impacting on developing countries, notably: the conveni... 22/05/2005
Review of SPS provisions in EU free-trade area agreements A joint CTA/ECDPM briefing has been posted in order to provide a synthesis of various chapters dealing with SPS issues in ten free-trade area... 17/11/2004
The EU Council discusses SPS and developing countries At the informal EU Agricultural Council meeting in Killarney on May 11th 2004 the issue of SPS and developing countries was discussed. Commis... 14/11/2004
New SPS newsletter is launched The EC Directorate General for Trade has launched a new newsletter dealing with SPS issues. It is produced by a special SPS team of seven peo... 14/11/2004
Commissioner Byrne reviews the impact of SPS on developing countries The impact of EU SPS legislation on developing countries was the theme of an address to World Bank executive directors by the EU Commissioner... 11/11/2004
Kenyan officials express concern over SPS issues The Kenyan government has expressed concern over the new EC plant directives which requires all flower imports from developing and non-EC cou... 14/09/2004