Standardization News

Global Policy VP Attends APEC Conference

In August, Jeff Grove, vice president of global policy and industry affairs, was a U.S. delegate to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ministerial meeting in Vietnam. At the meeting, he gave three presentations to regulators and trade officials on: using international standards to support good regulatory practices; the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement; and the committee on declarable substances in materials (F40) and private sector solutions that support global chemical regulations.

In addition to meeting with trade and regulatory officials from APEC economies, the workshops provided opportunities to meet with representatives of many national standards bodies.

At the APEC ministerial meeting in Vietnam were (from left): Jeff Grove, vice president of global policy and industry affairs, ASTM International; Varant Meguerditchian, general manager of stakeholder engagement, Standards Australia; and Megan Giblin, director of customs and trade facilitation, United States Council for International Business.

In September, ASTM International’s chief representative in China, Liu Fei, presented at the World Unmanned System Exhibition and Conference in Beijing. Over 100 producers and service providers for the commercial application of unmanned aircraft systems attended.

Staff from the China Standard Science and Technology Group Co. and China Standardization Press — which publishes the Chinese language version of Standardization News — visited ASTM headquarters on Sept. 5. From left: Liu Jihui, administrative manager, CSSTGC; Guo Fenglian, executive editor, Product Safety and Recall magazine; Zhao Gang, deputy general manager, CSSTGC; Teresa Cendrowska, vice president of global cooperation, ASTM International; and Pei Fei, CSP president.

The National Government Offices Administration of China visited ASTM International headquarters on Aug. 24. The meeting focused on the structure of the U.S. standardization system and ASTM’s approach to developing standards.

A delegation from the Ministry of Industries, Bangladesh, met in early October with Anthony Quinn (third from left), ASTM International director of public policy and international trade.

Robert Morgan, staff manager for the committee on cannabis (D37), addressed attendees at the Oct. 10-11 hemp and cannabis workshop in Berlin, Germany. The event included speakers and attendees from Canada, Europe, the United States, and elsewhere.

ASTM International exhibited at the Yiwu International Fair for Small Commodities Standards Exhibition held in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China, on Oct. 21 -25. On its first day, ASTM China staff joined the organizers for an introductory presentation to the exhibitors and visitors.