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Standards - Trade Agreements

Learn about Standards in Trade Agreements

Our standards experts serve as the International Trade Administration’s principal policy advisors on standards and conformity assessment. We work with U.S. government agencies, industry, and foreign regulators to ensure that standard-related provisions of agreements promote market access, good regulatory practices, and the use of international standards.

USTR Trade Agreements

See Trade Agreements

WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)

See TBT Agreement

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WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)

World Trade Organization (WTO) webpage with WTO rules on sanitary and phytosanitary measures.

See SPS Agreement

United States-Canada-Mexico Agreement

See USMCA