Silvia Nuzzo, Policy Officer, Directorate General for Trade and Economic Security, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

‘This book is an important contribution to the existing literature on preferential integration and non-tariff barriers to trade, and will be useful to both practitioners and researchers. Dr Nuzzo masterfully examines trends in free trade agreements against the background of relevant WTO disciplines, addressing thorny issues of legal interpretation.’

• ContentsForeword Introduction to Technical Barriers to Trade, Preferential Integration and the Lawof the WTO PART I PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS AND THE LAW OF THE WTOIntroduction to part I 1 The World (Trade Organization) is not enough: the rise of deep PTAs 2 The WTO legal framework on preferential integration Conclusions on part I PART II TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE: DEFINITIONS AND LEGALDISCIPLINEIntroduction to part II 3 The legal discipline of the TBT Agreement 4 The GATT regional exception and the TBT Agreement Conclusions on part II PART III TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE AND PREFERENTIALINTEGRATIONIntroduction to part III 5 Reported trends in TBT integration 6 Mapping TBT+ provisions in PTAs 7 Case studies Conclusions on part III PART IV FUTURE PROSPECTSIntroduction to part IV 8 Living with deep PTAs Conclusions on part IV Final remarks Annex 1 Annex 2Annex 3 Annex 4 Annex 5Annex 6 Annex 7Annex 8

Silvia Nuzzo, Policy Officer, Directorate General for Trade and Economic Security, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

‘This book is an important contribution to the existing literature on preferential integration and non-tariff barriers to trade, and will be useful to both practitioners and researchers. Dr Nuzzo masterfully examines trends in free trade agreements against the background of relevant WTO disciplines, addressing thorny issues of legal interpretation.’

• ContentsForeword Introduction to Technical Barriers to Trade, Preferential Integration and the Lawof the WTO PART I PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS AND THE LAW OF THE WTOIntroduction to part I 1 The World (Trade Organization) is not enough: the rise of deep PTAs 2 The WTO legal framework on preferential integration Conclusions on part I PART II TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE: DEFINITIONS AND LEGALDISCIPLINEIntroduction to part II 3 The legal discipline of the TBT Agreement 4 The GATT regional exception and the TBT Agreement Conclusions on part II PART III TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE AND PREFERENTIALINTEGRATIONIntroduction to part III 5 Reported trends in TBT integration 6 Mapping TBT+ provisions in PTAs 7 Case studies Conclusions on part III PART IV FUTURE PROSPECTSIntroduction to part IV 8 Living with deep PTAs Conclusions on part IV Final remarks Annex 1 Annex 2Annex 3 Annex 4 Annex 5Annex 6 Annex 7Annex 8

Silvia Nuzzo, Policy Officer, Directorate General for Trade and Economic Security, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

‘This book is an important contribution to the existing literature on preferential integration and non-tariff barriers to trade, and will be useful to both practitioners and researchers. Dr Nuzzo masterfully examines trends in free trade agreements against the background of relevant WTO disciplines, addressing thorny issues of legal interpretation.’

• ContentsForeword Introduction to Technical Barriers to Trade, Preferential Integration and the Lawof the WTO PART I PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS AND THE LAW OF THE WTOIntroduction to part I 1 The World (Trade Organization) is not enough: the rise of deep PTAs 2 The WTO legal framework on preferential integration Conclusions on part I PART II TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE: DEFINITIONS AND LEGALDISCIPLINEIntroduction to part II 3 The legal discipline of the TBT Agreement 4 The GATT regional exception and the TBT Agreement Conclusions on part II PART III TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE AND PREFERENTIALINTEGRATIONIntroduction to part III 5 Reported trends in TBT integration 6 Mapping TBT+ provisions in PTAs 7 Case studies Conclusions on part III PART IV FUTURE PROSPECTSIntroduction to part IV 8 Living with deep PTAs Conclusions on part IV Final remarks Annex 1 Annex 2Annex 3 Annex 4 Annex 5Annex 6 Annex 7Annex 8