(World Trade Interactive)
The Department of Commerce has extended from April 4 (not June 1, as
originally reported) to April 18 the deadline for public comments on ways to
address unnecessary regulatory divergences in North America that disrupt U.S.
exports. Methods under consideration include information-sharing agreements,
technical assistance, memoranda of understanding, mutual recognition
agreements, collaboration between regulators before initiating rulemaking
proceedings, agreements to align particular regulatory measures, equivalency
arrangements, and accreditation of testing laboratories or other conformity
assessment bodies. Comments received will serve as a basis for discussions with
the U.S.-Mexico High-Level Regulatory Cooperation Council and the U.S.-Canada
Regulatory Cooperation Council.
