Abstract
Product standards, conformity assessment procedures, and other technical barriers to trade (TBT) are prototypical examples of 'low politics'. Indeed it is difficult to imagine an area of international politics 'lower' than product standards for gas-connector hoses, to cite one long-running US-EU dispute. This chapter is organized as follows. Section 1 begins with a discussion of US-EU conflicts over technical regulations and standards for ordinary commercial products, typified by the disagreement over gas-connector hoses. Section II discusses the hushkits case, in which the US challenged EU restrictions on the registration and operation of certain aircraft retrofitted to comply with noise limitations set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The final section is a brief conclusion.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Transatlantic Economic Disputes |
| Subtitle of host publication | The EU, the US, and the WTO |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780191698774 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0199261725, 9780199261727 |
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| State | Published - Mar 22 2012 |
Keywords
- Gas-connector hoses
- Hushkits case
- Product standards
- Trade barriers
- Trade disputes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences