Suivi du commerce
Filter :
Langue
Date de la publication
Type de contenu
Séries
Auteurs
Doha Development Agenda
At the Fourth Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar, in November 2001, WTO member governments agreed to launch a new round of trade negotiations. They also agreed to work on other issues, in particular the implementation of the current WTO agreements. The entire package is called the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) or the Doha Round. The negotiations take place in the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) and its subsidiaries, which are usually regular councils and committees meeting in special session or specially created negotiating groups. The chairs of the nine negotiating bodies report to the TNC, chaired by the WTO Director-General, which coordinates their work.
Report by the State of Kuwait
Kuwait gained independence on June 19, 1961. Merely six months after, the country became the first developing country to establish a Fund to provide economic assistance to fellow developing countries.
Concluding remarks by the Chairperson of the Trade Policy Review Body
The thirteenth Trade Policy Review of the European Union has offered us a good opportunity to deepen our understanding of the trade, economic, and investment policies of the EU which remains the biggest trader of goods and services in the world and one of the most important members of the WTO and the multilateral trading system. Well over 1,000 questions were submitted to the EU before the meeting from 38 Members and over 50 delegations intervened, which itself underlines the importance attached to the EU’s trade and investment policies and practices. Just as it was in the last Review in 2015, the EU remains of crucial significance to world trade; it is the second largest exporter and importer of goods, the largest trader of services and ranks first in both inbound and outbound investment.
Report by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
This is Saudi Arabia’s first Trade Policy Review; it covers the period 2005-11. Saudi Arabia is considered one of the recent acceded countries to the WTO and is an active member in the “recently-acceded members” (RAMs) Group. Saudi Arabia is participating in the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations and strongly supports all efforts made to bring the negotiations to a successful conclusion as soon as possible.
Activités en matière de règlement des différends en 2014
Dans le domaine du règlement des différends, 2014 a été l’une des années les plus chargées depuis la création de l’OMC en 1995, avec 34 procédures en cours aux niveaux du groupe spécial de la mise en conformité et de l’arbitrage et 6 appels. Une procédure très attendue sur les prescriptions concernant l’emballage neutre du tabac a été engagée contre l’Australie. L’Organe de règlement des différends (ORD), qui s’est réuni 14 fois, a reçu 14 demandes de consultations – première étape du processus de règlement des différends – et a établi 13 groupes spéciaux.