On the other hand, the changes in WTO technical regulations are in the direction of favoring SI, not in the direction of supporting IPSI units!
---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:31:42 -0400 >From: "Kilopascal" <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:50127] Fwd: National Institute of Standards and Technology >(NIST) TBT Notifications for Americas Update >To: <[email protected]>, "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > This comment of theirs [highlighted in red below] is > alarming and somewhat scary. It sounds to me like > they want American companies who have been unable to > sell in a metric country due to metric only rules > could complain enough to the NIST and pressure would > be placed on these countries to amend their rules to > allow entry to American non-metric products. > > I highly doubt their intent is make the US more > metric or to encourage American business to > metricate in order to export. Rather then encourage > American business to metricate in order to be > compliant with EU directive 80/181, American > pressure on the EU forced them to cancel or reduce > the effect on the directive. This con seems like > the same crap only directed towards the rest of the > world. > > Hopefully that as the US continues to weaken > economically and the world is moving away from > dollar hegemony, threats by the US towards the world > in tolerating USC will be met with total rejection. > > > > > [USMA:50127] Fwd: National Institute of Standards and > Technology (NIST) TBT Notifications for Americas Update > > mechtly > Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:49:03 -0700 > > I just registered to receive information on "Technical Barriers to Trade" > (TBT) > with respect to the World Trade Organization. > > A major TBT, in my opinion, is the continued failure of some vendors in the > USA > to fully adopt SI in design and labeling of their products for both domestic > sales and for export sales. EAM. > > The Foundation of STEM in SI! > > --- Begin Message --- > > Global Standards Information > > Are you a U.S. exporter? We invite you to register for Notify U.S. - a free, > web-based alert service on changing foreign and U.S. technical regulations > that > could affect global market access for your business. www.nist.gov/notifyus [ > http://www.nist.gov/notifyus ] > > Notify U.S. Global Standards Information Group
