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The U.S./EU Beef Controversy and a Proposed Framework for Resolving Standards Disputes in International Trade
Author(s) -
TAYLOR CHARLES R.,
WALSH MICHAEL G.,
LEE CHRISTOPHER
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of consumer affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1745-6606
pISSN - 0022-0078
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2003.tb00442.x
Subject(s) - successor cardinal , tariff , product (mathematics) , international trade , european union , quality (philosophy) , business , international economics , technical barriers to trade , trade barrier , economics , mathematical analysis , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , epistemology
While world trading institutions such as GATT and its successor, the WTO, have made significant progress in addressing tariff barriers as well as some non‐tariff barriers, trade disputes over product standards appear to be increasing in number and intensity. Product standards refer to measures governments take to ensure that products sold in their home market meet health, safety, and quality requirements consistent with the public interest. The longstanding controversy between the European Union and the United States over the export of hormone treated beef is used as a case study to illustrate the difficulty of resolving product standards disputes.