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A fuzzy look at a fuzzy agreement: Risk management under the WTO SPS Agreement

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  • Hartigan, James C.
  • McMahon, Joseph A.

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Risk management does not appear explicitly in the SPS Agreement. Support for it appears in the Agreement nonetheless. The Appellate Body has acknowledged that the Agreement does not draw a distinction between assessment and management. Our focus is the assessment and management of risk through interpretation of the expression of the SPS Agreement.

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  • Hartigan, James C. & McMahon, Joseph A., 2022. "A fuzzy look at a fuzzy agreement: Risk management under the WTO SPS Agreement," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 272-284.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecanpo:v:73:y:2022:i:c:p:272-284
    DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2021.11.010
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    Keywords

    Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement; Risk management; Risk assessment; Fuzzy logic; Public health policy; Trade disputes;
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    JEL classification:

    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • K33 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - International Law
    • Q17 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agriculture in International Trade

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