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WTO debates chemical law conflicts with trade

The impacts of European chemicals laws on free trade are under lively discussion at the WTO and in the USA

A number of new issues were raised at the World Trade Organization (WTO) Technical Barriers to Trade Committee meeting held at the end of last week. Recent activities by the European Community restricting the marketing and use of organostannic compounds (CW 4 June 2009) and new controls on dimethyl fumarate (CW 30 January 2009) were questioned by the Japanese delegation. Meantime, previous issues relating to REACH, the restriction of hazardous...