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Understanding International Trade Statistics
In recent years, we have seen growing demand for data on the world economy and on international trade in particular. This demand has grown in particular since the 2008- 09 crisis, whose depth and breadth surprised many experts. Thanks to the statistical community, the quality and coverage of available information is constantly improving.
Report by Uruguay
The period 2006-2010 was a period of high and sustained growth for the Uruguayan economy, which exceeded its potential growth rate - estimated at 4 per cent annually - during five of the six years. GDP grew at an average rate of 6.2 per cent, far surpassing the historical averages. As a result, per capita GDP doubled during the period, reaching 11,996 dollars in 2010. This trend was maintained throughout the period and was not reversed by the global crisis of 2009: although the GDP growth rate fell to 2.6 per cent, it recovered significantly in the following year. The Government expects the growth rate to exceed its potential rate once again in 2011. All along, the main driving force behind this growth was domestic demand.
Acknowledgements
The World Trade Report 2007 was prepared under the general direction of Deputy Director-General Alejandro Jara. Patrick Low, Director of the Economic Research and Statistics Division, led the team responsible for writing the Report. The principal authors of the Report were Marc Bacchetta, K. Michael Finger, Matthias Helble, Marion Jansen, Alexander Keck, Mark Koulen, Pete Pedersen, Roberta Piermartini, Simon Schropp and Robert Teh. Trade statistics information was provided by the Statistics Group of the Economic Research and Statistics Division, coordinated by Hubert Escaith, Julia de Verteuil, Andreas Maurer and Jürgen Richtering. Karen McCusker contributed a subsection on restrictions to safeguard the balance of payments in developing countries.
Introduction
Le Mécanisme d’examen des politiques commerciales (MEPC) a été établi à titre expérimental par les parties contractantes du GATT en avril 1989. Il est devenu un élément permanent de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce en vertu de l’Accord de Marrakech qui a institué cette organisation en janvier 1995.
Una Organización universal
Seychelles se adhirió a la OMC en abril de 2015 y unos meses más tarde, en noviembre, lo hizo Kazajstán. Los conjuntos de documentos de la adhesión del Afganistán y Liberia fueron aprobados en diciembre de 2015 en la Décima Conferencia Ministerial de la OMC.
Comercio y medio ambiente
En 2016, el Comité de Comercio y Medio Ambiente (CCMA) examinó una amplia gama de cuestiones ambientales relacionadas con el comercio, entre ellas, el cambio climático, la reforma de las subvenciones a los combustibles fósiles, la gestión de los productos químicos y los desechos, el comercio de fauna y flora silvestres, la silvicultura y la pesca. También se facilitó al Comité información actualizada sobre la Base de Datos sobre Medio Ambiente (BDMA) de la OMC, las disposiciones ambientales de los acuerdos comerciales regionales (ACR) y las negociaciones relativas al Acuerdo sobre Bienes Ambientales.
Foreword
This book is the outcome of joint work by the Secretariats of UNCTAD and the WTO. Its six chapters were written collaboratively by academics and staff of the two organizations. The volume aims to help researchers and policy-makers expand their knowledge of quantitative economic methods and data sources for trade policy analysis. The need for the book is based on the belief that good policy needs to be backed by good analysis. By bringing together the most widely used approaches for trade policy analysis in a single volume, the book allows the reader to compare methodologies and to select the best-suited to address the issues of today.