In May, Talkstandards.com hosted an open forum on the use of standardization as a political tool to face an increasingly global economy. Contributors were asked to discuss a number of issues including: the role that governments should play in international standards initiative, and the consequences of this involvement such as non-tariff barriers to trade.
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Andy Updegrove recently posted an interesting article on ConsortiumInfo.org that discussed new legislation in the US which he hopes will close the growing divide with respect to “institutional understanding of the relationship between standards and trade” between on the one hand China and the EU, and on the other the US.
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