Handel i polityka gospodarcza · 9.11.1998

Sanitary and Phytosanitary Issues

The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) is publishing a set of questions developed to elicit information on foreign trade measures that may be inconsistent with the provisions of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement). This set of questions, ``Information for Evaluation of the Consistency of Foreign Trade Measures with the Provisions of the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures,'' was developed by a subcommittee of the TPSC which focuses on issues related to the WTO SPS Agreement. These questions are attached as an annex to this Federal Register notice. They will be used by the TPSC in collecting and organizing information for analysis and for prioritizing potential U.S. Government action on trade barriers raised by sanitary or phytosanitary measures that appear to be inconsistent with the SPS Agreement. The purpose of this notice is to solicit written public comments on the set of questions developed by the inter-agency TPSC committee. Comments are specifically invited to address the appropriateness and comprehensiveness of the questions as they are set forth in the an