(Ebook) Modernizing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures to Expand Trade and Ensure Food Safety : 2nd CAREC Trade Facilitation Learning Opportunity: Sharing the Baltic Experience by Asian Development Bank ISBN 9789292573355, 9292573357

(Ebook) Modernizing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures to Expand Trade and Ensure Food Safety : 2nd CAREC Trade Facilitation Learning Opportunity: Sharing the Baltic Experience by Asian Development Bank ISBN 9789292573355, 9292573357

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in partnership with the ADB Institute, the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Institute, and the European Union's Support to Modernization of Mongolia Standardization System Project, organized and conducted a second annual Learning Opportunity focused on best practices in the area of integrated trade facilitation, one of the activities implementing the refined CAREC Trade and Transport Facilitation Strategy 2020. The Learning Opportunity brought together several of the key international institutions involved in sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) modernization, including the World Trade Organization (WTO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), ADB, and the European Union. This report summarizes the knowledge shared and obtained by government officials and private sector representatives from CAREC member countries.