Attended the National TBT Committee Meeting

Kenya - 1 August 2018

Trade topics: Other

The National TBT Committee meeting took place from the 1st to the 2nd August 2018 at the Hilton Hotel. The meeting first discussed the minutes of the last meeting and matters arising. There after an update of the EAC Regional TBT work plan followed by discussions and preparations of the response to the US/EU on EAC Alcoholic Beverages Standards. This was followed by a discussion on the report of June 2018 on WTO TBT meeting on Specific Trade Concerns and the Report of the 8th Triennial Review. The committee also discussed the preparations for the WTO TBT meeting in Geneva in November 2018 and lastly, there were discussions on the Technical Evaluation of Domestic and foreign Notifications and reviews of STCs.