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On February 28th (Wednesday), under the leadership of the Director of the Technical Regulation Response Bureau, the National Institute of Technical Standards of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Resources (Dean Chen Zhongxu, hereinafter referred to as the National Institute of Standards) held a "Trade Technical Barrier Response Agreement Meeting", sharing trade technical barrier cases with relevant departments and discussing response plans.
Technical barriers to trade refer to the obstacles that hinder the free flow of goods by using different technical regulations, standards, and applicability assessment procedures among major trading countries. Last year, the number of trade technical barriers reported by World Trade Organization member states exceeded 4000 for the first time in history. In particular, food and pharmaceutical products (1251 pieces, 30.7%) have the highest number of notices issued, while chemical ceramics (688 pieces, 16.9%) and agricultural and aquatic products (479 pieces, 11.7%) have also introduced many new technological restrictions, requiring departmental cooperation to address different fields.
In response to this, in order to jointly address trade and technical barriers in multiple fields, the National Institute of Standards has established and operated the "Trade and Technical Barrier Response Agreement Conference" with relevant departments. At today's meeting, the National Institute of Standards shared the current status of last year's trade technology barrier notification documents and the response performance of various countries (170 pieces). The TBT Comprehensive Support Center released analysis plans for trade technology barriers in various fields. In the subsequent discussion, we discussed with relevant departments specific trade cases such as batteries and chemical substance restrictions that will be challenged through the first World Trade Organization Technical Barriers Committee * * this year, and explored strategic response plans.
*Time/Location: 24.3.12 (Tuesday)~15. (Friday)/WTO Affairs Office (Geneva, Switzerland)
*Mainly propose issues with significant or urgent impact of trade barriers, as well as issues that require international cooperation
The Director of the Technical Regulation Response Bureau, Li Changzhu, who presided over the meeting, emphasized that "countries around the world are still strengthening their own prioritization and the multilateral trading system is not functioning smoothly. Governments should quickly explore and eliminate trade technology barriers that enterprises find difficult to solve on their own."
In addition, the National Institute of Standards provides targeted solutions such as information, consultation, and response support for overseas technical regulations to enterprises through the KnowTBT (Overseas Technical Regulation Response Information System). Overseas technical regulations that require government response can be accepted through this system.