>"Kilopascal" <[email protected]> wrote: > I also believe that others in the USMA need to do their > part and watch the WTO too. Yes. > > ...wouldn't the FPLA labeling requirement > forbidding metric only be considered a technical > barrier to trade? Yes. The FPLA as it stands, is a Barrier to World Trade.
> What about the UK pint requirement? A pint of beer sold in a UK pub, assuming it was created in the UK, is not an issue of world trade, except in perpetuating an attitude of hostility toward the liter. > If I can't sell a liter of beer in a UK pub, isn't that a trade barrier? Yes, it that liter is imported from outside the UK. >... > mechtly wrote > Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:03:38 -0700 > > To the extent that I have the time and diligence, I plan to monitor WTO-TBT > and > US Federal Register postings to thwart acceptance of OSI units (units of > measurement Outside the SI) and to submit written comments in support of SI. > > Can you join me in searching for Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) which are > in > the form of deviations from SI? > > For example, what do the trade deals negotiated by President Obama have to say > with respect to *requirements for SI* in designs and labeiing of products? > > Gene. >...
