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Preface
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.
Rapport du Canada
Le commerce joue un rôle essentiel dans l’économie du Canada, un emploi canadien sur six étant directement lié aux exportations. Le Canada est fier de la part qu’il a prise dans la construction d’un ordre mondial fondé sur la primauté du droit et l’aspiration à un commerce plus libre et plus ouvert. Malheureusement, l’intégrité du système commercial mondial, qui a permis à de nombreux pays d’atteindre la prospérité, se heurte actuellement à des difficultés sans précédent. La préoccupation croissante selon laquelle les avantages offerts par le commerce n’ont pas été répartis entre tous et les règles existantes ne reflètent plus un juste équilibre de droits et d’obligations a contribué à la montée du protectionnisme. Celle-ci s’est traduite par une augmentation des mesures restrictives pour le commerce et des actions unilatérales qui entravent et restreignent le commerce international. Les conflits bilatéraux qui donnent lieu à des politiques commerciales décidées de façon unilatérale constituent une grave menace pour le régime commercial fondé sur des règles.
How do we prepare for the technology-induced reshaping of trade?
This section examines how international trade cooperation can help governments all over the world harness digital technologies and seize the new trading opportunities they will create for firms both large and small. Section D.1 summarizes the main opportunities and challenges that arise with the expansion of digital trade. Section D.2 provides examples of the policies that governments put in place to exploit these opportunities and to address these challenges. Section D.3 then considers whether and how international cooperation can help governments exploit the gains from digital trade, cope with the challenges and at the same time achieve their public policy objectives, now and in the future.
Biographies of the panellists
HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, born on April 22, 1938 in Jaffa, is the Chairman and Founder of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org). Founded in 1972, TAG-Org is an international professional services group, which operates out of its 73 offices in the Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan, India, Cyprus and China. It has representative offices in Europe and North America and non-exclusive strategic alliance agreements with various networks and individual firms, thus enabling it to choose a firm best suited to its clients’ needs in virtually every country in the world.
Remerciements
La présente publication a été établie sous la direction de Hubert Escaith, Chef statisticien et Andreas Maurer, Chef de la Section des statistiques du commerce international. La coordination et la production des tableaux, des graphiques et des cartes du rapport a été supervisée par Ninez Piezas Jerbi, avec l'assistance de Emma Vestesson et Caterina Calzolari. Les recherches statistiques, la compilation des données et l'établissement des estimations ont été effectués par Barbara d'Andrea Adrian, Christophe Degain, Florian Eberth, Antonella Liberatore, Joscelyn Magdeleine, Yann Marcus, Ninez Piezas Jerbi, Bekele Tamenu et Ying Yan
Spotlight: Nairobi Ministerial Conference
The WTO’s Tenth Ministerial Conference, held in Nairobi from 15 to 19 December 2015, adopted a range of decisions on agriculture, cotton and issues related to least-developed countries. The decisions include a commitment to abolish export subsidies for farm exports, which Director-General Roberto Azevêdo hailed as the “most significant outcome on agriculture” in the organization’s 20-year history. In their Nairobi Declaration, ministers acknowledged that WTO members “have different views” on how to address the future of the Doha Round negotiations. The Conference also approved the accessions of Liberia and Afghanistan. A landmark information technology deal was concluded.
Cooperation with academic institutions
The WTO Chairs Programme (WCP) launched a new book on reducing trade costs and inclusive growth at the WCP Annual Conference in November. The WCP’s Advisory Board reviewed the achievements of the programme, which aims to support trade-related activities by universities in developing countries, and discussed how to ensure its sustainability. In 2016, 12 activities were implemented under the Academic Support Programme (ASP).

