Part of a series intended to explain the whole range of World Trade Organization law in authoritative and practical article-by-article type commentaries (as typical of the German legal tradition), this volume edited by Wolfrum (public law, U. of Heidelberg, Germany), Stoll (international economic and environmental law, U. of Göttingen, Germany), and Seibert-Fohr (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public and International Law, Germany) covers two significant classes of non-tariff barriers to international trade: technical barriers to trade and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures. Commentary is provided on the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade and the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, both negotiated during the Uruguay Round of the WTO and in force since 1995. The volume also covers relevant portions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade: the principle of national treatment (Article III GATT 1994), the prohibition of quantitative distinctions (Article XI GATT 1994), and general exceptions (Article XX GATT 1994). Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)