Trade monitoring
Introducción
El comercio y la producción empezaron a crecer de nuevo en el segundo semestre de 2009, después de que se registrara un descenso sin precedentes a principios del año. La recuperación hasta el primer trimestre de 2010 no fue suficiente para que fuera posible alcanzar los niveles anteriores a la crisis. La OMC prevé que la recuperación continuará en 2010, lo que permitiría anular algunos de los efectos del hundimiento del comercio. Uno de los hechos positivos de 2009 fue que entre los Miembros de la OMC no hubiera un aumento importante de los obstáculos al comercio como medida para hacer frente a la crisis, a pesar del elevado desempleo en muchos países. El sistema de reglamentación del comercio de la OMC ha contribuido en gran medida a impedir una nueva vuelta al proteccionismo, que tanto agravó las condiciones económicas en el decenio de 1930.
Report by Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has been a member of the WTO since 1996 and this is the country’s third Trade Policy Review (TPR), the second having been completed in 2010–11. The country is a strong supporter of the rules-based international trading system, which is of particular value to small economies that lack the administrative capacity to negotiate on trade-related matters simultaneously with their many trading partners. PNG does not yet have permanent representation in Geneva, and is represented in WTO matters by the Geneva office of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), and by its Ambassador in Brussels.
Entender la OMC
La Organización Mundial del Comercio puede verse desde distintas perspectivas. Es una Organización para la apertura del comercio. Es un foro para que los gobiernos negocien acuerdos comerciales. Es un lugar en el que pueden resolver sus diferencias comerciales. Aplica un sistema de normas comerciales. En lo fundamental, la OMC es un lugar al que los gobiernos Miembros acuden para tratar de resolver los problemas comerciales que tienen unos con otros.
Report by the East African Community
The Treaty establishing the East African Community (EAC) came into force on 7 July 2000, thus a new beginning of the revived EAC. The EAC has six partner States, namely, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. The EAC Customs Union came into force on 1 January 2005 and the Common Market on 1 July 2010. English is the official language of communication within the community policy structures.
Asuntos presupuestarios, financieros y administrativos
En 2009, el Comité de Asuntos Presupuestarios, Financieros y Administrativos recomendó la aprobación del proyecto de presupuesto para el bienio 2010-2011 y examinó cuestiones relativas a la renovación de la sede de la OMC y la construcción de un nuevo edificio anexo.
Nuestro año
En 2015, la OMC celebró en Nairobi su Décima Conferencia Ministerial, la primera que tiene lugar en África. Los Ministros adoptaron varias decisiones sobre la agricultura, el algodón y las cuestiones relacionadas con los países menos adelantados, entre ellas la histórica decisión de eliminar las subvenciones a la exportación de productos agropecuarios.
Resumen
Este informe está dividido en cuatro partes principales. La primera contiene un análisis histórico de los acuerdos comerciales preferenciales (ACP) y una descripción de su panorama actual. Se documenta en ella el gran aumento de la actividad relacionada con ACP en los últimos años, desglosada por región, nivel de desarrollo económico y tipo de acuerdo de integración, y se hace una estimación precisa de la proporción del comercio en el marco de ACP que recibe trato preferencial.
Concluding remarks by the Chairperson of the Trade Policy Review Body, H.E. Mr. Eduardo Muñoz Gómez at the Trade Policy Review of Trinidad and Tobago 7 and 9 March 2012
The third Trade Policy Review of Trinidad and Tobago has given us a better understanding of trade and economic developments in the country over the past six years and helped us to measure the challenges it faces in further developing its economy. Our candid discussion has been greatly helped by the full and open participation of the Trinidad and Tobago delegation, led by the Minister of Trade and Industry, the Honourable Stephen Cadiz, and by the insightful remarks made by the discussant, H.E. Ambassador Fook Seng Kwok of Singapore, as well as the questions and statements from numerous delegations and the replies from Trinidad and Tobago.
Selected trade developments and issues
In December 1996, at the first WTO Ministerial Conference held in Singapore, 23 economies signed the Information Technology Agreement (ITA). The objective of the ITA was to “encourage the continued technological development of the information technology industry on a world-wide basis” and to “achieve maximum freedom of world trade in IT products” by eliminating all duties on trade in these products. Lower barriers to trade should help to spread “the positive contribution of IT to global economic growth and welfare”.1 The ITA went into force in 1997, when the trade value of the participants exceeded 90 per cent of world trade in the covered products – the benchmark stipulated in the Agreement. Ten years on, the information and communication industry is seen as a major engine of the globalisation process, transforming both the developed and developing economies. The rapid development of the internet (1 billion users in 2005) and the global spread of cellular mobile telephony (2.1 billion subscribers in 2005) are two prominent examples of the increased role of IT in today’s global economy. The spread of IT technologies has created many new business opportunities, transformed many services sectors and challenged many old patterns of production and distribution.
Fifth Global Review of Aid for Trade
The Fifth Global Review of Aid for Trade, held at the WTO in June/July, highlighted how high trade costs are hampering developing countries’ ability to benefit from market access opportunities. The Review attracted over 1,500 participants and saw the launch of a new OECD-WTO co-publication outlining the impact of the Aid for Trade initiative.
Concluding Remarks by the Chairperson of The Trade Policy Review Body, H.E. Mr. Bozkurt Aran (Turkey) at The Trade Policy Review of Papua New Guinea 16 & amp; 18 November 2010
This second Trade Policy Review of Papua New Guinea has helped us improve our understanding of PNG’s recent achievements, particularly as regards its trade and trade-related policies, and the challenges faced. Our discussion has clearly benefited from the active participation of the PNG delegation, led by Ambassador Peter Maginde, as well as from the contribution of our discussant, Mr. Atsuyuki OIKE, Minister and Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan, and Members’ interventions. PNG’s prompt response to the questions was very much appreciated.
Cómo se organiza todo eso
El órgano supremo para la adopción de decisiones de la OMC es la Conferencia Ministerial, que normalmente se reúne cada dos años.