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WTO and sanitary and phytosanitary measures. Presentation for master students of international business. Preparation time: 2 hours. Presentation time: 10 minutes Presentation can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdzdT1kRV_c
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BY: MICHAEL MIELLO
SPS MEASURES & TRADE
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...but I took
a bath
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Sanitary + Phyto-sanitary
Sanitary
‣ means clean
Phyto-sanitary
‣ plants
Measures
‣ creating rulesHUH!?
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SPS measures....what???
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What are Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary measures
Safety requirements imposed by governments
‣ Animals
‣ Humans
‣ Environment
Protections
‣ Directly - contaminants (bird flu)
‣ Indirectly - pests (long term)
Technical trade to barrier
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No danger!
I promise
Reference:Hoekman,B.Kostecki,M.(2002)WTO© MICHAEL MIELLO
SPS - production to delivery
Expor&ngCountry
1.RegulaAonsandprocedures3.ProcessesandproducAonmethods4.TesAnginspecAon5.CerAficaAonandapprovalprocedures7.ProvisionsonrelevantstaAsAcalproceduresandriskassessmentmethods8.Packagingandlabelingrequirementsdirectlytofoodsafety
Impor&ngCountry
2.Productcriteria4.TesAnginspecAon6.QuaranAnetreatments
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Actors on multiple levels
International ‣ WTO - created in Uruguay Round (GATT)
‣ UNCTAD
Regional / National‣ Ministry of Commerce, Agriculture and
Health
‣ Food and Drug Administrations
‣ General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine
Local‣ Municipals
‣ NGO participation
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International Trading AreaWTO ‣ Prepare SPS measures
- International standards- Scientific evidence
‣ Prevent unjustifiably discrimination
‣ Maintain an SPS enquiry to advance SPS measures
‣ Dispute Settlement Body
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Reference:Hoekman,B.Kostecki,M.(2002)© MICHAEL MIELLO
CASE STUDY: “MISUSING” SPS MEASURES7
CASE OF APPLES
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PROTECTING OF WHOM? TRADE OR OCHARDS8
American
apple =
stomach
ache
stealing
our
business
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Must provide scientific evidence
WTO’s findings
‣ Japan’s quarantine treatment violated SPS measures
‣ no scientific evidence to prove harmful substances
Conclusion
‣ Japan sinks under pressure after years
‣ pays America $143 million1
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hSp://www.caltradereport.com/eWebPages/front‐page‐1090525827.html© MICHAEL MIELLO
In the news...
February 2009
North American Plant Protect Organization (NAPPO) propose standard
Inspect ships for Asian Gypsy Moth
China, S. Korea, Indonesia and Japan are mad
Continuation of same conflict??
I'm just a
bug
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References
1. Hoekman,B.Kostecki,M.(2002),ThePoliAcalEconomyoftheWorldTradingSystem,Oxford,OxfordUniversityPress,xxi–547p.(secondediAon)ISBN0‐19‐829434‐4.
2. hSp://www.authorstream.com/PresentaAon/Renzo‐66273‐food‐safety‐InternaAonal‐Purpose‐Sanitary‐Phytosanitary‐SPS‐RegulaAon‐Agreements‐agre‐as‐News‐Reports‐ppt‐powerpoint/
3. hSp://www.wto.com
4. hSp://www.ustr.gov/Document_Library/Press_Releases/2004/July/US_DissaAsfied_with_Japan_over_Apple_Dispute.html
5. hSp://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news09_e/sps_25feb09_e.htm
6. hSp://www.caltradereport.com/eWebPages/front‐
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Q&A12
moo...
merci!!
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