title: Padrões privados no comércio internacional: desafios estruturais ao sistema multilateral de comércio
abstract: The purpose of the author of this thesis is to scrutinize the applicability of the rules of the multilateral trading system to private standards bodies. More specifically, the author's focus is to evaluate the legal and ideational possibilities for applying multilateral trading system rules to entities and practices of private origin, which potentially create barriers or add costs to international trade, in a way inconsistent with the provisions of existing agreements. In this analysis, in addit