Trade monitoring
Treizième Conférence ministérielle
La treizième Conférence ministérielle de l’OMC (CM13), tenue à Abou Dhabi, s’est conclue le 2 mars 2024 sur l’adoption de 10 décisions et déclarations multilatérales visant à répondre aux défis commerciaux actuels.
What we do
The WTO operates the global system of trade rules, guaranteeing WTO member governments important trade rights.
Conclusion
The clean energy transition is critical to achieve net zero goals and is a key element of most economies’ nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement, to keep global warming under a 1.5° Celsius threshold. The clean energy transition also has trade integration potential, as it helps to advance industrial development and addresses capacity constraints in energy generation capacity.
Acknowledgements
This publication was prepared by Visvanathan Subramaniam (Economic Affairs Officer, WTO) and Michael Roberts (Head of the Aid for Trade Unit of the Development Division, WTO), under the supervision of Deputy Director-General Xiangchen Zhang and Taufiqur Rahman, Director of the Development Division. The publication was edited and reviewed by Anthony Martin and Helen Swain of the Information and External Relations Division.
Overview of the Aid for Trade initiative
The Aid for Trade initiative, led by the WTO, grew out of the 2005 WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Conference. Its aim is to help developing economies integrate into world trade by mobilizing additional development support to address supply-side capacity and trade-related infrastructure constraints in these economies. In 2006, the Task Force on Aid for Trade was constituted by the WTO Director-General to report to the General Council with recommendations on how to operationalize Aid for Trade.
Opportunities for trade integration in clean energy value chains
Nearly 40 per cent of anthropogenic GHG emissions are caused by burning fossil fuels to produce electricity (IEA, 2022b). Decarbonizing electricity generation is a critical step toward achieving net zero goals. Target 7.2 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) calls for a substantial increase in the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix by 2030 (UN General Assembly, 2015).
Executive summary
Energy generation infrastructure has long been identified by Aid for Trade stakeholders as requiring additional, predictable and sustainable financing to enable developing economies and LDCs to participate more fully in international trade. The energy sector is one of the largest recipients of Aid for Trade support, accounting for nearly 25 per cent of all disbursements (US$ 116 billion) over the 2010-21 period.
Introducción
El objetivo general de la OMC es ayudar a sus Miembros a utilizar el comercio como medio para elevar los niveles de vida, crear empleo y mejorar la vida de las personas. La OMC administra el sistema mundial de normas comerciales y ayuda a las economías en desarrollo a crear capacidad comercial. Asimismo, constituye un foro al que acuden sus Miembros para negociar acuerdos sobre comercio y resolver los problemas comerciales que tienen unos con otros.