place conditions on exporting is on the rise. Transparency can help mitigate the negative effects of export restrictions by … develops a checklist of good practice in transparency which can serve as a tool for self-evaluation by governments and for … promoting better and more consistent transparency practices in this area. The items of the checklist are drawn from norms and …

regulations comply with the principles of transparency and non-discrimination and facilitate foreign trade operations and …

by the WTO TBT Agreement? A number of sources of data exist, including electronic databases maintained by governments … transparency of data on standards use could be improved. Improved transparency can facilitate efforts to improve harmonisation … use could be helpful to regulators. Another benefit of transparency is that factual presentations of the use of standards …

(SPS) and technical barriers to trade (TBT). These are compared to the requirements of the World Trade Organization (WTO …

safeguards to those allowed by the WTO-AoA, prohibiting export subsidies and other export restrictions except as permitted by … Article XI of WTO_GATT, and implementing core SPS principles. …

Lack of regulatory transparency is a major and recurrent obstacle for businesses seeking to trade internationally. This … study finds that transparency mechanisms applied at different stages of the design, finalisation and implementation of …