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Mexico has revealed that it will use an element of the ISO 9000 system of standards to prevent some United States goods from being sold in Mexico. Luis Guillermo Ibarra, director general of the Mexican Standards Directorate, announced his country's intentions in March to the stunned audience of industry, trade, and standards experts representing Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The group, gathered in Washington, D.C., were attending the First North American Conference on NAFTA and ISO 9000 Standards sponsored by Edison, New Jersey‐based. Stat‐A‐Matrix. ISO 9000 standards, created by the European Union to facilitate trade among the member states, have the potential to ease trade in North America.