Latin America's experience in dispute settlement within WTO: the cases of technical standards, sanitary and phytosanitary measures and intellectual property

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Convergence and Asymmetry in Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures in the Region's Trade Agreements

Sanitary and phytosanitary matters have acquired greater significance in the region's trade, as reflected in the significant number of complaints brought before the various dispute settlement mechanisms pertaining to the regional integration schemes. This may be attributed to the importance of the Latin American countries in world agricultural trade and to different phytosanitary and zoosanitary standards required by each. Given the multiplication of bilateral and plurilateral agreements in Latin America and the Caribbean, convergence on the sanitary standards required under such accords is crucial for the trade integration of a region that is an agro-exporter par excellence. Convergence is essential to facilitate market access and expedite trade flows. This bulletin assesses convergence of standards in the bilateral and plurilateral trade agreements signed by the countries of the region, the treatment afforded to the principles contained in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) and the progress the region has made relative to that Agreement.

A new generation of standards: implications for the Caribbean and Latin America

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Status of agrifood regulatory coordination under the North American Free Trade Agreement

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Latin American South-South integration and cooperation: from a regional public goods perspective

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The Role of Tax Policy in the Context of the Global Crisis: consequences and prospects

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Macroeconomic policies in times of crisis: options and perspectives

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Trade in services in Latin America and the Caribbean: an analysis of recent trends

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Theory and practice of industrial policy: evidence from the Latin American experience

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Risk-adjusted poverty in Argentina: measurement and determinants

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Generating inclusive and sustainable growth: the role of policy and multilevel fiscal institutions

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Market failure and technological policy

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Public institutions and explicit and implicit environmental policies

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