Trade monitoring
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).
Programme de Doha pour le développement
À la quatrième Conférence ministérielle, tenue à Doha (Qatar) en novembre 2001, les gouvernements Membres de l’OMC sont convenus de lancer de nouvelles négociations commerciales. Ils sont également convenus d’entreprendre des travaux sur d'autres questions, en particulier sur la mise en oeuvre des Accords actuels de l'OMC . L'ensemble est appelé Programme de Doha pour le développement (PDD ). Les négociations se déroulent dans le cadre du Comité des négociations commerciales (CNC) et de ses organes subsidiaires qui sont, en général, des conseils et comités ordinaires réunis en « session extraordinaire » ou des groupes de négociation créés spécialement. Les Présidents des neuf organes de négociation font rapport au CNC, présidé par le Directeur général de l'OMC , qui coordonne leurs travaux.
Trade and environment
The Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) continued its discussion of a broad range of environmental issues and policy developments, including environmental footprint and labelling initiatives, illegal logging, fisheries and environmental goods initiatives. The Committee was also briefed by international organizations on a number of international environmental initiatives and activities.
World trade developments in 2005
After reaching a three-decade peak in 2004, global economic growth decelerated in 2005 mainly due to weaker economic activity in Europe, the United States and a number of emerging markets (e.g. the Republic of Korea, Chinese Taipei and Brazil). While Japan’s economic recovery strengthened, its GDP growth was still a moderate 2.6 per cent. Lower economic growth of developed economies contrasted with robust growth in 2005 for Africa, the Middle East and the Commonwealth of Independent States, which was in excess of 5 per cent. In developing Asia, China and India, the most populous economies reported another year of exceptional growth rates ranging from 8per cent to 10 per cent. In South and Central America, lower GDP growth in Brazil contrasted with strong growth, of 6.5 per cent, for the other countries in the region.