Members advance Sixth Review of SPS Agreement, address trade concerns

WTO members made further progress on the Sixth Review of the Operation and Implementation of the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) at a meeting of the SPS Committee on 25-28 June. They also discussed numerous trade concerns and acknowledged the Declaration adopted at the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC13) on enhancing the implementation of special and differential treatment provisions in the SPS Agreement and the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade. Cecilia Risolo of Argentina was elected as new Chair of the Committee.