This fully revised and expanded second edition provides an overview of the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Agreement and the types of measures it covers. It also contains the full text of the Agreement and the decisions and recommendations adopted by the TBT Committee since 1 January 1995.

On 1 November 2019, a WTO arbitrator issued its decision on the level of countermeasures China may request with respect to the United States in “United States - Certain Methodologies and their Application to Anti-Dumping Proceedings Involving China” (DS471).

On 13 April 2017, an Arbitrator issued her Award regarding the “reasonable period of time” for implementing the recommendations and rulings of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) in the dispute “United States — Anti-dumping and Countervailing Measures on large residential washers from...