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Concluding Remarks by the Chairperson of the Trade Policy Review Body, H.E. Mr. Juan Carlos González of Colombia at the Trade Policy Review of Malaysia, 14 and 16 February 2018
The seventh Trade Policy Review of Malaysia has offered us a good opportunity to deepen our understanding of its trade and investment policies. I would like to thank the Malaysian delegation, led by H.E. J. Jayasiri, Secretary General of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, for its constructive engagement throughout this Review. I would also like to thank the discussant, H.E. Ambassador Claudio de la Puente of Peru for his insightful remarks, and all the delegations that took the floor for their valuable contributions. The 476 questions submitted by 27 Members, and the interventions by 43 delegations underline the importance attached to Malaysia’s trade and investment policies and practices. Malaysia’s use of the alternative timeframe to reply to advance written questions to this TPR was also appreciated.
Definitions and methods
Two systems of recording merchandise exports and imports are in common use. They are referred to as general trade and special trade and differ mainly in the way warehoused and re-exported goods are treated. General trade figures are larger than the corresponding special trade figures because the latter exclude certain trade flows, such as goods shipped through bonded warehouses.
Agradecimientos
El Informe sobre el Comercio Mundial 2011 ha sido elaborado bajo la dirección general del Director General Adjunto Alejandro Jara y supervisado por Patrick Low, Director de la División de Estudios Económicos y Estadística. La redacción de la edición de este año ha sido coordinada por Nadia Rocha y Robert Teh. Los autores principales del Informe son Marc Bacchetta, Cosimo Beverelli, John Hancock, Alexander Keck, Gaurav Nayyar, Coleman Nee, Roberta Piermartini, Nadia Rocha, Martin Roy, Michele Ruta, Robert Teh y Alan Yanovich. También han aportado contribuciones escritas Marc Auboin, Manfred Elsig, Trudi Hartzenberg y Roy Santana. Especial reconocimiento merece Richard Baldwin, por sus numerosas sugerencias y contribuciones. Las estadísticas comerciales fueron facilitadas por el Grupo de Estadística de la División de Estudios Económicos y Estadística, bajo la coordinación de Hubert Escaith, Julia de Verteuil, Andreas Maurer y Jürgen Richtering. Aishah Colautti ayudó en la preparación del material gráfico y Paulette Planchette preparó la bibliografía con la ayuda de Véronique Bernard. Prestaron ayuda para la investigación Hans Baumgarten, Pavel Chakraborty, Claudia Hofmann, Joelle Latina, Alen Mulabdic, Andreas Lendle y Gianluca Orefice.
Outreach
In 2008, contact with nongovernmental organizations, parliamentarians, other organizations and the general public was further developed through a variety of initiatives. These included the expansion of the annual WTO Public Forum, which attracted a record number of 1,334 people to the WTO in October. Over 150 information briefings were conducted at the WTO in 2008 involving about 4,700 participants.
Introduction
That the global economy has gone through a period both of enormous dynamism and of enormous disruption over the past quarter-century is hardly surprising – the two are inextricably linked. The world economy only grows when productivity rises; and productivity only rises when the world economy generates more and better output more efficiently. Current concerns about globalization in many countries are traceable at least in part to the economic adjustment challenge posed by a global economy becoming ever more productive. The World Trade Report 2017 looks at two of the most powerful drivers of global economic advance today, technology and trade, and examines how they are affecting labour markets. It analyses how the challenges of adjusting to this new labour market are changing and how economies are adapting. In particular, it examines the similarities and differences in the way that technology, on the one hand, and trade, on the other, influence labour market outcomes.
Welcoming new members
In 2012, the General Council approved the accession agreements of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos) and Tajikistan. Both countries officially became WTO members in early 2013 after notifying the WTO that their parliaments had ratified the accords. The agreements contain commitments covering all WTO rules.