There is growing concern over the use of domestic product regulations as technical barriers to tr... more There is growing concern over the use of domestic product regulations as technical barriers to trade on the one hand, and the WTO's incursion into domestic regulatory autonomy on the other. The TBTA seeks to balance competing interests -acknowledging but disciplining Members' regulatory control over traded goods. The effectiveness of these disciplines is limited by the exclusion of many modern domestic regulations from the scope of the TBTA; the surest way to prevent abuse of process-based product specifications is to subject them to the TBTA's disciplines. The WTO dispute settlement tribunals have affirmed the importance of the use or adoption of international standards. While Members are still entitled to introduce their own measures in some circumstances, the emphasis on international standards raises the status of standard-setting bodies. Despite their important new role, the composition, accountability, and decision-making procedures have so far escaped the kind of civil society scrutiny to which WTO deliberations are now subject. To achieve the TBTA's harmonization objectives, the development, and use of international standards and their legal recognition within the WTO regime should be revised to safeguard legitimate non-trade regulatory objectives.
There is growing concern over the use of domestic product regulations as technical barriers to tr... more There is growing concern over the use of domestic product regulations as technical barriers to trade on the one hand, and the WTO's incursion into domestic regulatory autonomy on the other. The TBTA seeks to balance competing interests -acknowledging but disciplining Members' regulatory control over traded goods. The effectiveness of these disciplines is limited by the exclusion of many modern domestic regulations from the scope of the TBTA; the surest way to prevent abuse of process-based product specifications is to subject them to the TBTA's disciplines. The WTO dispute settlement tribunals have affirmed the importance of the use or adoption of international standards. While Members are still entitled to introduce their own measures in some circumstances, the emphasis on international standards raises the status of standard-setting bodies. Despite their important new role, the composition, accountability, and decision-making procedures have so far escaped the kind of civil society scrutiny to which WTO deliberations are now subject. To achieve the TBTA's harmonization objectives, the development, and use of international standards and their legal recognition within the WTO regime should be revised to safeguard legitimate non-trade regulatory objectives.
Revocación al uso de un mega-barco arrastrero en la reforma australiana de manejo de pesquerías R... more Revocación al uso de un mega-barco arrastrero en la reforma australiana de manejo de pesquerías RESUMEN: En respuesta a las intensas campañas de los medios sociales, dirigidas por grupos de conservación internacionales, políticos de tendencia verde y pescadores recreativos, el gobierno australiano impuso una moratoria a las operaciones de un mega-barco arrastrero. Esta moratoria ignora el proceso de manejo pesquero desarrollado de forma independiente por el propio gobierno, modificando la legislación ambiental días previos a que la embarcación comenzara sus actividades de pesca. Actualmente, el gobierno anunció que se haría una revisión exhaustiva de la legislación de manejo de las pesquerías australianas. Si bien la ciencia se utiliza con frecuencia para apoyar la conservación de los conflictos concernientes a los recursos naturales, en este caso, las recomendaciones de manejo basadas en evidencia científica fueron relegadas por protestas vociferantes de grupos de posición y perpetuadas por los medios (particularmente por los medios sociales), culminando finalmente en una decisión política.
There is growing concern over the use of domestic product regulations as technical barriers to tr... more There is growing concern over the use of domestic product regulations as technical barriers to trade on the one hand, and the WTO's incursion into domestic regulatory autonomy on the other. The TBTA seeks to balance competing interests -acknowledging but disciplining Members' regulatory control over traded goods. The effectiveness of these disciplines is limited by the exclusion of many modern domestic regulations from the scope of the TBTA; the surest way to prevent abuse of process-based product specifications is to subject them to the TBTA's disciplines. The WTO dispute settlement tribunals have affirmed the importance of the use or adoption of international standards. While Members are still entitled to introduce their own measures in some circumstances, the emphasis on international standards raises the status of standard-setting bodies. Despite their important new role, the composition, accountability, and decision-making procedures have so far escaped the kind of civil society scrutiny to which WTO deliberations are now subject. To achieve the TBTA's harmonization objectives, the development, and use of international standards and their legal recognition within the WTO regime should be revised to safeguard legitimate non-trade regulatory objectives.
There is growing concern over the use of domestic product regulations as technical barriers to tr... more There is growing concern over the use of domestic product regulations as technical barriers to trade on the one hand, and the WTO's incursion into domestic regulatory autonomy on the other. The TBTA seeks to balance competing interests -acknowledging but disciplining Members' regulatory control over traded goods. The effectiveness of these disciplines is limited by the exclusion of many modern domestic regulations from the scope of the TBTA; the surest way to prevent abuse of process-based product specifications is to subject them to the TBTA's disciplines. The WTO dispute settlement tribunals have affirmed the importance of the use or adoption of international standards. While Members are still entitled to introduce their own measures in some circumstances, the emphasis on international standards raises the status of standard-setting bodies. Despite their important new role, the composition, accountability, and decision-making procedures have so far escaped the kind of civil society scrutiny to which WTO deliberations are now subject. To achieve the TBTA's harmonization objectives, the development, and use of international standards and their legal recognition within the WTO regime should be revised to safeguard legitimate non-trade regulatory objectives.
Revocación al uso de un mega-barco arrastrero en la reforma australiana de manejo de pesquerías R... more Revocación al uso de un mega-barco arrastrero en la reforma australiana de manejo de pesquerías RESUMEN: En respuesta a las intensas campañas de los medios sociales, dirigidas por grupos de conservación internacionales, políticos de tendencia verde y pescadores recreativos, el gobierno australiano impuso una moratoria a las operaciones de un mega-barco arrastrero. Esta moratoria ignora el proceso de manejo pesquero desarrollado de forma independiente por el propio gobierno, modificando la legislación ambiental días previos a que la embarcación comenzara sus actividades de pesca. Actualmente, el gobierno anunció que se haría una revisión exhaustiva de la legislación de manejo de las pesquerías australianas. Si bien la ciencia se utiliza con frecuencia para apoyar la conservación de los conflictos concernientes a los recursos naturales, en este caso, las recomendaciones de manejo basadas en evidencia científica fueron relegadas por protestas vociferantes de grupos de posición y perpetuadas por los medios (particularmente por los medios sociales), culminando finalmente en una decisión política.
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