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USA Pork and Beef? Dolphin Safe? Low Carbon? Labeling Regulation and the International Trade Rules of the WTO

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Aus der Zeitschrift International Journal of Legal Information Band 41 Heft 1

Abstract

In 2012, the WTO Appellate Body issued three reports which clarified the framework governing technical regulations under Articles 2.1 (non-discrimination) and 2.2 (unnecessary obstacles to trade) of the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (“TBT Agreement”): U.S. - Clove Cigarettes; U.S. - Tuna Dolphin II; and U.S. - COOL.

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The author is the founder, designer and editor of the WTO legal research database http://www.TradeLawGuide.com, a leading database for comprehensive research on WTO law. In addition to his legal research activities, Mr. Tereposky is a partner and member of the International Trade and Arbitration Group at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, a leading Canadian law firm. He has practiced international trade and investment law for over 20 years and was counsel in three recent WTO appeals that will establish the legal foundation for future challenges under the TBT Agreement (U.S. - Clove Cigarettes, U.S. - Tuna Dolphin II, U.S. - COOL). He has been counsel and advisor in over thirty WTO disputes and regularly appears as counsel before panels, arbitrators and the Appellate Body in WTO dispute settlement proceedings, NAFTA panels, investor-state arbitration tribunals and Canadian domestic trade authorities and tribunals. He is recognized in Chambers Global - The World's Leading Lawyers (International Trade/WTO), The International Who's Who of Trade & Customs Lawyers and Who's Who Legal: Canada (Trade & Customs). He was recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada as the 2012 Ottawa International Trade and Finance Law Lawyer of the Year.

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    Appellate Body Report, United States - Measures Affecting the Production and Sale of Clove Cigarettes, WT/DS406/AB/R, adopted 24 April 2012; Appellate Body Report, United States - Measures Concerning the Importation, Marketing and Sale of Tuna and Tuna Products, WT/DS381/AB/R, adopted 13 June 2012; Appellate Body Report, United States - Certain Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Requirements, WT/DS384/AB/R,WT/DS386/AB/R, adopted 23 July 2012.

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    TBT Agreement, Annex 1.1.

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    Appellate Body Report, United States - Final Anti-Dumping Measures on Stainless Steel from Mexico, WT/DS344/AB/R, adopted 20 May 2008, para. 158 and footnote 308.

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    National Research Council, Dolphins and the Tuna Industry (National Academy Press: Washington, D.C., 1992), p. 4.

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    U.S. Department of State, Dolphin Conservation Agreement Wins Award at United nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Media Note, November 22, 2005.

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    Article 2.1 reads: Members shall ensure that in respect of technical regulations, products imported from the territory of any Member shall be accorded treatment no less favorable than that accorded to like products of national origin and to like products originating in any other country.

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    Article 2.2 reads: Members shall ensure that technical regulations are not prepared, adopted or applied with a view to or with the effect of creating unnecessary obstacles to international trade. For this purpose, technical regulations shall not be more trade-restrictive than necessary to fulfill a legitimate objective, taking account of the risks non-fulfillment would create. Such legitimate objectives are, inter alia: national security requirements; the prevention of deceptive practices; protection of human health or safety, animal or plant life or health, or the environment. In assessing such risks, relevant elements of consideration are, inter alia: available scientific and technical information, related processing technology or intended end-uses of products.

Published Online: 2019-02-28
Published in Print: 2013-03-01

Copyright © 2013 by the International Association of Law Libraries. 

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https://doi.org/10.1017/S0731126500011641

Artikel in diesem Heft

  1. Articles
  2. International Human Rights in Canada: At the Juncture of Law and Politics
  3. Aboriginal Rights in Canada: The Historical and Constitutional Contex†
  4. The Domestic Application of International Law: A Canadian Perspective†
  5. The 9/11 Effect: Comparative Anti-Terrorism Law (Cambridge University Press, 201l)†
  6. Canadian Constitutional Law: Presentation to the Annual Conference of International Association of Law Libraries
  7. USA Pork and Beef? Dolphin Safe? Low Carbon? Labeling Regulation and the International Trade Rules of the WTO
  8. International Investment Agreements Since NAFTA: Substantive Provisions†
  9. Miscellaneous
  10. Editorial Comment
  11. The International Calendar
  12. Annual Conference Information
  13. Welcome Remarks from the President
  14. Welcome Message of the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada: International Association of Law Librarians Conference - October 1, 2012 - Toronto, Ontario
  15. IALL 2012 Conference report: The 31st Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information Toronto, Canada, 30 September - 4 October, 2012
  16. IALL 2012 Conference Report: 31st Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information: Canada, the Cultural Mosaic and International Law
  17. 2012 IALL Conference Report: The 31st Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information
  18. Conference Program
  19. Book Reviews
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  22. Research Handbook on International Criminal Law.
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