The Basic Goals of Agreement

Food Standard and Quality Control

Lesson 32 : World Trade Organization

The Basic Goals of Agreement

The SPS Agreement has a Two-fold objective. It aims to both:

  1. Recognize the sovereign rights of Members to provide the level of health protection they deem appropriate
  2. Ensure that SPS measures do not represent unnecessary, arbitrary, scientifically unjustifiable, or disguised restrictions on international trade.
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