ABSTRACT

The interpretation of sanitary and phytosanitary measures in an international trade law context has always been problematic. The SPS Agreement, operating within the World Trade Organization’s treaty framework, sets some basic rules, but many trade agreements contain their own SPS chapters as well. Ever since the separation of the EU and the UK, SPS measures have been a hot topic between the two sides, both considering the matter to be of particular importance. The purpose of this article is to examine how advanced the EU-UK TCA’s SPS chapter is, in comparison to both the SPS Agreement and the EU-Canada CETA agreement. During this process, we will also identify potential issues and, in the conclusion, we will attempt to answer how these issues could be resolved.

KEYWORDS

international trade law | Brexit | SPS | EU-UK TCA | CETA

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