According to the WTO TBT agreement, WTO members are obliged to notify other members of any new/updated domestic regulations. Other WTO members and relevant stakeholders can raise opinions on newly notified regulation to avoid unfair or unnecessary imposition of technical barriers and to help protect their own trade interests. For example, in April this year EU commented on China’s infant formula registration policy, complaining that this policy constitutes an anti-competitive technical barrier to trade. In addition, EU made its own suggestions on how China should change its current infant formula international trade policy going forward.

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