The following Web sites and documents offer background and insight on issues of trade, standards and sustainability:

Trade

• WTO Doha Ministerial Declaration

• WTO Agreement on Technical Barrier to Trade

• WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

Standards

• International Standards and the WTO

• Bridging the Standard Divide: Recommendations for Reform from a Development Perspective

• Standards, Trade and Development: What is Known and What Do We Need to Know?

Mutual Recognition of Conformity Assessment

• International Accreditation Forum's Multilateral Mutual Recognition Agreement (MLA)

• CODEX Draft Guidelines On The Judgement Of Equivalence Of Sanitary Measures Associated With Food Inspection And Certification Systems (Annex III, Page 55-59)

• Mutual Recognition Agreements in International Food Trade:

Relevant International Organizations

• International Organization for Standardization – Developing Countries Programme

• International Accreditation Forum (IAF)

• International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC)

Relevant Initiatives and Programs

• OECD Trade Directorate

• UNIDO – Enabling Developing Countries to Participate in International Trade

• World Bank, Trade and Standards

• UNCTAD - trade, environment and development

• The ISEAL Alliance

• Global Forum on Trade, Environment and Development (GFTED)

• The Sustainable Trade and Innovation Centre (STIC)