Trade monitoring
Concluding Remarks by the Chairperson of the Trade Policy Review Body, H.E. Mr. Manuel A.J. Teehankee of the Philippines at the Trade Policy Review of Australia, 11 and 13 March 2020.
This eighth Trade Policy Review of Australia has allowed us to track and acknowledge significant developments in the economic, trade and investment regime of Australia over the past five years. I would like to thank especially the head of the Australian delegation, Mr. George Mina, First Assistant Secretary, Office of Trade Negotiations at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and his Canberra-based colleagues, who made a very long journey to participate in this review under exceptional circumstances, as well as our discussant, Ambassador Julian Braithwaite, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, for his valuable remarks and insights. My gratitude is also extended to the WTO Members that provided advance written questions and approximately 40 delegations for their formal statements that allowed us to conduct the proceedings as a “virtual review”.
Commerce des marchandises
Au cours des quatre sessions formelles qu'il a tenues en 2010, le Conseil du commerce des marchandises a examiné diverses demandes de dérogation présentées par des Membres de l'OMC ainsi que des préoccupations commerciales soulevées par certains Membres au sujet de mesures appliquées par d'autres Membres et s'est aussi occupé d'autres tâches courantes.
Exámenes de las políticas comerciales realizados en 2014
En 2014 la OMC realizó 13 exámenes de las políticas y prácticas comerciales de 21 Miembros. Las fechas de los exámenes y los países examinados figuran en el mapa. En el sitio Web de la OMC (http://www.wto.org/tpr) puede obtenerse más información, incluidas las observaciones del Presidente a modo de conclusión relativas a cada uno de los exámenes.
Report by the WTO Secretariat
The trade regimes of Switzerland and Liechtenstein remain generally open, except in agriculture, which continues to be protected with high import tariffs levied on sensitive products. Switzerland and Liechtenstein continue to be strong supporters of a rules-based multilateral trading system and, during difficult times for the global economy, they advocate further trade liberalization. The last joint TPR of Switzerland and Liechtenstein took place in 2013.