Introducing the SPS agreement -- Cooperative regulation in the WTO: the SPS committee -- Science and SPS -- Additional obligations -- The transparency obligations -- Control, inspection and approval procedure -- International standards -- SPS and developing countries

Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures that protect human, animal, and plant health are impeding trade and provoking high-profile disputes. This paper argues that the WTO's Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM) could play an important role in defusing the trade-disrupting potential of SPS...