The US - Poultry dispute arbitrated by the WTO, opposing China to the US, was raised by the US decision to stop equivalence regime procedures for Chinese poultry. The Panel found that this decision was not compatible with the SPS Agreement's exigencies requiring a risk assessment centered on the...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the challenges developing countries face in attempting to balance sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS) health and safety measures against concerns about protectionism, illustrated by the impact of trade barriers on the fisheries and...

The WTO dispute settlement body?s decisions provide an opportunity to bring to light the difficulties reconciling the market principles and non trade values in international trade law. The first two decisions, which involve the SPS Agreement, and also the GATT Agreement, deal respectively with...

Agricultural and wildlife trade is subject to sudden, disruptive import restrictions arising fromconcerns over sanitary and phytosanitary safety and the conservation of natural resources.These restrictions can create significant international price differences that encourage thesmuggling of...

Agricultural and wildlife trade is subject to sudden, disruptive import restrictions arising from concerns over sanitary and phytosanitary safety and the conservation of natural resources. These restrictions can create significant international price differences that encourage the smuggling of...

The actual, SPS agreement allows a limited taking into account of the food safety requirements. The room for man?uvre of the States is relatively restricted, in particular because of the central place conferred on the scientific justification when evaluating the validity of sanitary measures....