Trade monitoring
Résumé analytique
Le Rapport sur le commerce mondial 2009 porte essentiellement sur certaines mesures contingentes auxquelles les Membres de l’OMC peuvent recourir lors de l’ importation et de l’exportation de marchandises. Le cadre juridique de ces mesures est beaucoup moins développé dans le domaine du commerce des services, mais il est également examiné.
Outreach
The WTO maintains regular dialogue with the business community, non-governmental organizations, parliamentarians, other international organizations, the media and the general public to enhance cooperation and raise awareness of trade issues.
Prólogo del Director General de la OMC
El Informe sobre el Comercio Mundial 2015 ha sido elaborado bajo la responsabilidad general de Xiaozhun Yi, Director General Adjunto de la OMC, y Robert Koopman, Director de la División de Estudios Económicos y Estadística. El informe de este año ha sido coordinado por Coleman Nee y Robert Teh. Los autores del informe son Marc Auboin, Marc Bacchetta, Cosimo Beverelli, John Hancock, Christian Henn, Alexander Keck, José Antonio Monteiro, Coleman Nee, Simon Neumueller, Roberta Piermartini y Robert Teh (División de Estudios Económicos y Estadística); y Nora Neufeld (División de Acceso a los Mercados).
Introduction
The Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM) was first established on a trial basis by the GATT contracting parties in April 1989. The Mechanism became a permanent feature of the World Trade Organization under the Marrakesh Agreement which established the WTO in January 1995.
Introduction
Services have become the most dynamic sector of world trade – but in ways that are not always recognized or understood. Just as services have come to dominate many national economies, they are playing a bigger role in the global economy as well. Many factors are driving this – including consumption, liberalization and investment – but the game-changer is technology. Services that were once difficult to trade, because they could only be delivered in person, are becoming far easier to trade, because they can be delivered digitally. The 2019 World Trade Report explores this globalization of services – why it is happening, how it is impacting economies, and where new policy approaches are needed.
Report by Paraguay
During the period covered by this fourth review of Paraguay’s trade policy, the global economy has grown steadily with significant effects on international trade. The main features of world economic developments were major volatility on financial markets, uncertainty over international commodity prices, and the resurgence of protectionist measures.
Introduction
Product standards specify or pin down the characteristics of a product. These characteristics can include design, size, weight, safety, energy and environmental performance, interoperability, material, and even the process of production. Examples of standards include the dimensions of freight containers and of screw threads; safety performance of seat belts, air bags and medical devices; pasteurization of milk; and protocols that allow computers from different vendors to communicate with one another.
Conclusiones
Aunque los obstáculos tradicionales al comercio, tales como los aranceles, se han reducido, y lasinnovaciones en el transporte y la tecnología de las comunicaciones han acortado las distancias entre los países, los costos del comercio siguen siendo elevados, en particular en los países en desarrollo. Los altos costos del comercio aíslan a los países en desarrollo de los mercados mundiales, limitando sus oportunidades comerciales y frenando el crecimiento. Además parecen afectar desproporcionadamente a las pequeñas y medianas empresas, los productos perecederos y los bienes producidos en cadenas de valor mundiales. Una parte significativa de esos costos del comercio son causados por procedimientos comerciales que son más engorrosos de lo necesario y retrasan la circulación, el levante y el despacho de aduanas de las mercancías
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements are due to the International Monetary Fund, the International Trade Centre, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Statistics Division, the World Bank and the World Intellectual Property Organization. The assistance of all these organizations in supplying statistics as well as other information has greatly facilitated the work of the WTO Secretariat.