Abstract

RODRIGUEZ SANTIBANEZ, Iliana. Interpretation of International Rules Under the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (WTO). Bol. Mex. Der. Comp. [online]. 2014, vol.47, n.140, pp.617-648. ISSN 2448-4873.

This study gives evidence through the International Comparative Law, two rules that come from standardization bodies of different nature, such as standards of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and ASTM International (ASTM International), which are recognized in the international trade and domestic trade, but it plays erratically, being in some significant cases and not in others mandatory. Thus constituting real technical barriers to trade through discriminatory criteria, contrary to the provisions and spirit of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), of which Mexico, the U.S. and Canada are also part.

Keywords : Trade; International; Standards; Consumer; Technical Barriers.