文档介绍：本科毕业论文外文翻译外文题目:TheWTOAgreementonTechnicalBarrierstoTrade出处:CONSUMERPOLICYREVIEW作者:DrJamesMathis原文:AsoneoftheMulitlateralAgreementsonTradeinGoods,',howtheycangovernthemselvesandthepossibleimplicationsforconsumersEffortsbyGeneralAgreementonTariffsandTrade(GATT)-47ContractingPartiestoharmonizeproductregulationsandstandardsandaddressmoresubtleformsof‘nontariff’barriers,ledtotheconclusionoftheoriginalGATTTokyoRoundStandardsCode(1980).Thisplurilateral(limitedmembership)anization(WTO)AgreementonTechnicalBarrierstoTrade(TBTAgreement).AsoneoftheMultilateralAgreementsonTradeinGoods,theTBTissubscribedtobyallWTOmembersandfullysubjecttotheprovisionsoftheWTODisputeSettlementUnderstanding(DSU).TheDSUallowsforpanelandAppellateBody(AB),overnmentpurchasingrequirementsandsanitaryandphytosanitarymeasuresdesignedtoprotectfood,plantandanimalhealth,coveredbytheTheWTOAgreementontheApplicationofSanitaryandPhytosanitaryMeasures(SPSAgreement).Itsprovisionsapplytoproducttechnicalregulations(mandatory)andproductstandards(non-mandatory)forrequirementsthatdealwiththecharacte