Members make progress with SPS Agreement Sixth Review, discuss trade concerns

WTO members made progress with the Sixth Review of the Operation and Implementation of the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) and addressed a high number of trade concerns at a meeting of the SPS Committee on 20-22 March. Members also took note of the Declaration adopted at the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi on the implementation of special and differential treatment (S&DT) provisions of the SPS Agreement and the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT).