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    WTO TBT enquiry point guide

    This guide integrates the information from the survey together with the existing body of TBT Committee decisions and recommendations.

    Source: World Trade Organization(WTO), 2018

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Regulation & Standards,
    This guide integrates the information from the survey together with the existing body of TBT Committee decisions and recommendations.
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    Technical Information on Technical barriers to trade

    This WTO webpage explains Technical Information on Technical barriers to trade.

    Source: World Trade Organization(WTO)

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Regulation & Standards,
    This WTO webpage explains Technical Information on Technical barriers to trade.
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    Practical Manual for SPS National Notification Authorities and SPS National Enquiry Point

    This manual is meant as a practical guide for governments to facilitate the implementation of the transparency provisions of the SPS Agreement.

    Source: World Trade Organization(WTO), 2018

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Regional Trade Agreements, Regulation & Standards,
    This manual is meant as a practical guide for governments to facilitate the implementation of the transparency provisions of the SPS Agreement.
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    The WTO Agreements Series Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

    This booklet discusses the text of the SPS Agreement as it appears in the Final Act of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations.

    Source: World Trade Organization(WTO), 2010

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Regulation & Standards,
    This booklet discusses the text of the SPS Agreement as it appears in the Final Act of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations.
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    Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) Funding Opportunities

    These grants can involve the application of SPS-related capacity evaluation tools, preparation of feasibility studies and/or formulation of project proposals to address specific SPS capacity building needs linked to trade.

    Source: Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF), 2023

    Policymakers: Goods, Access to Finance, Capacity Building, Regulation & Standards,
    These grants can involve the application of SPS-related capacity evaluation tools, preparation of feasibility studies and/or formulation of project proposals to address specific SPS capacity building needs linked to trade.
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    Good regulatory practices to improve SPS measures: A practical guide

    The Guide is targeted at government officials responsible for the development of sanitary and phytosanitary measures in developing countries.

    Source: Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF), 2021

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Capacity Building, Regulation & Standards,
    The Guide is targeted at government officials responsible for the development of sanitary and phytosanitary measures in developing countries.
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    ePing SPS & TBT Platform

    The platform facilitates tracking sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) and technical barriers to trade (TBT) measures.

    Source: World Trade Organization(WTO)

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Regulation & Standards,
    The platform facilitates tracking sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) and technical barriers to trade (TBT) measures.
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    GATT Standards and safety

    Two specific WTO agreements dealing with food safety and animal and plant health and safety, and with product standards in general.

    Source: World Trade Organization(WTO), 1947

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Regulation & Standards,
    Two specific WTO agreements dealing with food safety and animal and plant health and safety, and with product standards in general.
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    The WTO Agreements Series Technical Barriers to Trade

    The agreements were the outcome of the 1986–1994 Uruguay Round of world trade negotiations held under the auspices of what was then the GATT .

    Source: World Trade Organization(WTO), 2021

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Regulation & Standards,
    The agreements were the outcome of the 1986–1994 Uruguay Round of world trade negotiations held under the auspices of what was then the GATT .
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    Streamlining NTMs in ASEAN: The Way Forward

    This the policy brief on how NTMs could play a role of check and balance for quality of goods.

    Source: Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), 2017

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Regulation & Standards, Tariffs & Taxes, Asia & Middle East, Oceania,
    This the policy brief on how NTMs could play a role of check and balance for quality of goods.
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    Facilitating the monitoring and removal of trade obstacles faced by companies in the region

    This the homepage of Trade Obstacles Alert.

    Source: Trade Obstacles Alert

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Capacity Building,
    This the homepage of Trade Obstacles Alert.
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    Non-tariff measures to Trade: Economic and Policy Issues for Developing Countries

    This study contributes to a better understanding of the implications of NTMs for developing countries.

    Source: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2013

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Regulation & Standards, Tariffs & Taxes,
    This study contributes to a better understanding of the implications of NTMs for developing countries.