Standards and Regulations: Measuring the Link to Goods Trade

November 30, 2016

Standards and technical regulations are important to U.S. exporters because they set the rules for entering foreign markets.When these regulations and accompanying testing and certi¬cation procedures diverge from international standards—especially in ways that are unnecessarily trade-restrictive—they create powerful challenges for U.S. exporters.

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Trading since 1894, the group is now run by the fourth and fifth generations of the Williams family. The group includes marine services and vessel charter, road transport & haulage, cargo handling & logistics, container hire & sales, and marine lubricants distribution.

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