Trade monitoring
Comment l’OMC est structurée
Au deuxième niveau, il y a le Conseil général (composé normalement des ambassadeurs et des Chefs de délégation en poste à Genève, et parfois de fonctionnaires envoyés par les capitales des pays Membres), qui se réunit plusieurs fois par an au siège de lOrganisation à Genève. Le Conseil général se réunit aussi en tant quOrgane dexamen des politiques commerciales et en tant quOrgane de règlement des différends.
Acknowledgements
The World Trade Report has been written under the general direction of Patrick Low, Director of the Economic Research and Statistics Division. The main authors of the Report are Bijit Bora, K. Michael Finger, Marion Jansen, Alexander Keck, Patrick Low, Hildegunn Nordas, Roberta Piermartini and Robert Teh. Trade statistics and tariff information were provided by the Statistics Group of the Economic Research and Statistics Division, co-ordinated by Guy Karsenty, Julia de Verteuil, Andreas Maurer and Jürgen Richtering.
Report by Mexico
The Sixth Trade Policy Review of Mexico covers a period in the world economy marked by very low growth that has significantly affected developed economies and caused a sharp slow-down in the main emerging countries. This has occurred against a backdrop of factors that have generated great uncertainty and a substantial drop in oil prices, high volatility on global financial markets and a period of sluggish growth in some of our main export markets.
Comercio de servicios
En 2009 la labor del Consejo del Comercio de Servicios cobró un nuevo impulso gracias al examen de las nuevas notas deantecedentes elaboradas por la Secretaría de la OMC sobre los sectores de servicios y los modos de suministro. Las notas pretenden reflejar los acontecimientos más importantes, desde una perspectiva comercial, ocurridos en esferas fundamentales durante el último decenio. Siete de esas notas fueron examinadas en 2009 y otras 13 servirán de base para proseguir las deliberaciones en 2010.
Mensaje del Director General Pascal Lamy
En los albores del comercio, los marineros confiaban en sus conocimientos náuticos, su valentía y su instinto para navegar por aguas turbulentas. Más recientemente, la tecnología ha cambiado la forma de navegar alrededor del mundo, pero sigue siendo absolutamente necesario mantener el rumbo cuando el mar se encrespa.
Report by the WTO Secretariat
Since its WTO accession in April 2012, Montenegro’s small and open import-dependent and servicesorientated economy has been on a fluctuating growth path. Action has been taken through fiscal consolidation and reform measures to address several economic challenges. During the review period, Montenegro’s annual GDP growth ranged from -2.7% (in 2012) to 3.5% (in 2013); its annual average growth rate for the period 2012-16 stood at 1.8%, a slowdown compared to 3.4% over the 2001-11 period. Following a fiscal loosening in 2016, reforms have been under way to spur economic recovery, including a Fiscal Consolidation Plan (December 2016), a Fiscal Consolidation Strategy (June 2017), and a 2017-2019 Economic Reform Programme. Developments in Montenegro’s regional and international competitiveness were affected by productivity-related and other challenges, some of which are being addressed. Whereas consumer price inflation dropped from a peak of 4.1% in 2012 to 1.5% in 2015, including two years of deflation, and averaged 1.4% in the period 2012-2016, the unemployment rate declined progressively but remained relatively high at an average of 18.5%.