RT Book, Whole SR Electronic(1) A1 World Trade Organization YR 2020 T1 Overview of Developments in the International Trading Environment - Annual Report by the Director-General (2020) PB WTO SN 9789287052018 DO https://doi.org/10.30875/afdeeebf-en UL https://www.wto-ilibrary.org/content/books/9789287052018, AB The Director-General’s latest annual overview of trade-related developments shows a marked slowdown in the number of trade-restrictive and trade-facilitating measures adopted by WTO members related to goods trade over the past year. The report, presented at a 11 December meeting of the WTO’s Trade Policy Review Body (TPRB), notes the decrease observed in regular measures between mid-October 2019 and mid-October 2020 was mainly the result of the sharp decline in overall global trade since the COVID-19 outbreak. The document at the same time provides information about the numerous trade-facilitating and support measures introduced by WTO economies in response to the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in order to ensure a solid economic recovery.