Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade

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World Trade Organization agreement international treaty multilateral trade agreement

The Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade is a World Trade Organization treaty that disciplines how governments design and apply technical regulations, standards, and conformity assessment procedures so they do not create unnecessary obstacles to international trade.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade canonical	13
TBT Agreement	4
Tokyo Round Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade	2
WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade	2
WTO TBT Agreement	2
TBT Agreement Article 2.1	1
TBT Agreement Article 2.2	1
Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T667295 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
Context triple: [Uruguay Round (1986–1994), producedAgreement, Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade]

A. Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
The Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures is a World Trade Organization treaty that sets rules for member countries’ food safety and animal and plant health regulations to ensure they are science-based and do not unjustifiably restrict international trade.
B. Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is a key international treaty that sets minimum global standards for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights among World Trade Organization members.
C. Agreement on Trade‑Related Investment Measures
The Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs) is a World Trade Organization accord that disciplines investment measures affecting trade in goods, particularly by prohibiting certain performance requirements such as local content rules.
D. General Agreement on Trade in Services
The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is the main international treaty governing global trade in services, setting rules and commitments for how countries open and regulate their service sectors.
E. WTO Agreement on Safeguards
The WTO Agreement on Safeguards is a multilateral trade agreement that sets detailed rules and procedures for WTO members to temporarily restrict imports to protect domestic industries from serious injury caused by sudden import surges.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
Target entity description: The Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade is a World Trade Organization treaty that disciplines how governments design and apply technical regulations, standards, and conformity assessment procedures so they do not create unnecessary obstacles to international trade.

A. Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
The Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures is a World Trade Organization treaty that sets rules for member countries’ food safety and animal and plant health regulations to ensure they are science-based and do not unjustifiably restrict international trade.
B. Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is a key international treaty that sets minimum global standards for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights among World Trade Organization members.
C. Agreement on Trade‑Related Investment Measures
The Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs) is a World Trade Organization accord that disciplines investment measures affecting trade in goods, particularly by prohibiting certain performance requirements such as local content rules.
D. General Agreement on Trade in Services
The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is the main international treaty governing global trade in services, setting rules and commitments for how countries open and regulate their service sectors.
E. WTO Agreement on Safeguards
The WTO Agreement on Safeguards is a multilateral trade agreement that sets detailed rules and procedures for WTO members to temporarily restrict imports to protect domestic industries from serious injury caused by sudden import surges.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World Trade Organization agreement ⓘ international treaty ⓘ multilateral trade agreement ⓘ
administeredBy	World Trade Organization ⓘ
adoptedAt	Marrakesh ⓘ
adoptedOn	1994-04-15 ⓘ
aimsTo	encourage the use of international standards ⓘ enhance transparency of technical regulations and standards ⓘ ensure that technical regulations do not create unnecessary obstacles to international trade ⓘ promote non-discrimination in the preparation, adoption and application of technical regulations ⓘ
allows	measures necessary to prevent deceptive practices ⓘ measures necessary to protect animal or plant life or health ⓘ measures necessary to protect human health or safety ⓘ measures necessary to protect the environment ⓘ
appliesTo	central government bodies ⓘ conformity assessment procedures ⓘ local government bodies ⓘ non-governmental standardizing bodies under certain conditions ⓘ standards ⓘ technical regulations ⓘ
bindingOn	all WTO members ⓘ
citationForm	WTO TBT Agreement ⓘ linked to: Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
clarifies	relationship between technical regulations and international standards ⓘ
containsPrinciple	avoidance of unnecessary obstacles to trade ⓘ equivalence of technical regulations ⓘ harmonization with international standards ⓘ most-favoured-nation treatment ⓘ mutual recognition of conformity assessment results ⓘ national treatment ⓘ transparency ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	1995-01-01 ⓘ
establishesBody	Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	annex 1A agreement to the WTO Agreement ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
monitoredBy	WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade ⓘ linked to: Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
obliges	WTO members to establish national enquiry points for technical regulations and standards ⓘ WTO members to notify proposed technical regulations that may have a significant effect on trade ⓘ
partOf	Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ⓘ
predecessor	Standards Code ⓘ Tokyo Round Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade ⓘ linked to: Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
shortName	TBT Agreement ⓘ linked to: Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
subjectMatter	labelling requirements ⓘ product standards ⓘ technical barriers to trade ⓘ testing and certification procedures ⓘ

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Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uruguay Round (1986–1994) → producedAgreement → Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade ⓘ

Council for Trade in Goods → oversees → Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade ⓘ

Tokyo Round → resultedIn → Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade ⓘ

Standards Code → fullName → Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade ⓘ

Standards Code → shortName → TBT Agreement ⓘ