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Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement
10 key outcomes from 2025
The Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Agreement aims to ensure that regulations, standards, testing and certification procedures followed by WTO members do not create unnecessary obstacles to trade. This brochure draws together 10 key outcomes from the TBT Committee's work in 2025.
Contents
- Thematic discussions focus on emerging regulatory challenges
- Strong trade growth in digital technologies
- Improvements in transparency practices
- Record number of notifications on product requirements
- Africa was the most active region in submitting notifications
- Wide range of sectors covered by TBT notifications
- Quality requirements was the most cited objective of TBT measures
- ePing improves access to translations of regulations
- Increase in trade concerns raised by WTO members
- Technical assistance among members’ top priorities
Published in 2026
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