2010 Report on Technical Barriers to Trade

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is responsible for the 2010 Report on Technical Barriers to Trade. The TBT Report is a new, specialized report focused on significant foreign trade barriers in the form of product standards, technical regulations and testing, certification, and other procedures involved in determining whether products conform to standards and technical regulations (conformity assessment procedures). These standards-related trade measures, known in World Trade Organization (WTO) parlance as “technical barriers to trade,” play an increasingly critical role in shaping the flow of global trade. Usually you learn more of an "outsider's" picture than to paint the picture yourself.