Trade monitoring
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.
Redistribution policies in a globalized world
Does the process of economic globalization curtail the capacity of national governments to pursue autonomous economic policies at home? Does the growing cross-border mobility of factors (and its associated threat of capital flight) discipline governments and limit the level of taxes and of public spending? Is economic integration inimical to redistribution at home? If trade and financial liberalization lead to higher levels of within-country inequality (or, at least, the emergence of economic sectors that bear significant economic losses), can states develop economically sustainable policies to compensate those made worse off by trade reforms? In fact, are there any particular policies that can make economic globalization and fair social policies at home (designed to share the gains from trade) compatible?
Facilitación del comercio
El 22 de febrero de 2017 se alcanzó un hito importante para el sistema mundial de comercio. El primer acuerdo multilateral concluido en los 21 años de existencia de la OMC entró en vigor cuando la OMC obtuvo el número necesario de aceptaciones de sus 164 Miembros para que el Acuerdo sobre Facilitación del Comercio se hiciera efectivo.