3: WTO, NAFTA and ISONET
Serve as the U.S. inquiry point in response to obligations resulting from the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the International Organization
for Standardization Information Network (ISONET) .
Other Information:
NCSCI, with other national inquiry points, form networks - for WTO and ISO - that regularly exchange standards-related information.
These networks also provide NCSCI with access to foreign trade-related technical standards, regulations and conformity assessment
procedures. Signatories to the WTO TBTAgreement are required to notify proposed governmental and state regulationswhich may
significantly affect trade. NCSCI maintains information on notifications of proposed foreign regulations issued through the
WTO Secretariat and disseminatesthem to interested parties in the United States for their review and comment through the Notify
U.S. service.NCSCI staff are responsible for notifying the WTO Secretariat of proposed U.S.technical regulations which may
affect trade.
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