Trade monitoring
Concluding remarks by the Chairperson of the Trade Policy Review Body, Ms Irene Young of Hong Kong at the Trade Policy Review of Tunisia, 13 And 15 July 2016
This third Trade Policy Review of Tunisia has allowed us to better understand the exceptional context in which its trade and investment policies and practices have unfolded since its last Review in 2005. We owe this to the informative documentation prepared for the meeting, the active participation of the Tunisian delegation led by Mr. Mohsen Hassan, Minister of Trade, and the constructive comments of the discussant, Ambassador Kalayanamit from Thailand, and of Members who have taken the floor.
Acuerdo sobre Contratación Pública
En 2015 se adhirieron al Acuerdo sobre Contratación Pública (ACP) Montenegro y Nueva Zelandia y concluyeron las negociaciones para la adhesión de Moldova y Ucrania. Comenzaron los trabajos en relación con la adhesión de Australia y Tayikistán y se celebraron debates constructivos sobre la adhesión de China. Además, se puso en marcha la segunda fase del sistema e-ACP, una herramienta automatizada de información sobre el acceso a los mercados. La Secretaría de la OMC llevó a cabo actividades de asistencia técnica relacionadas con la adhesión al ACP y con las reformas en la esfera de la contratación pública, y estrechó su colaboración con otras organizaciones internacionales.
Doha Development Agenda
At the Fourth Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar, in November 2001, WTO member governments agreed to launch new 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). 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.
Conclusión
En este informe se ha pasado revista a una amplia gama de cuestiones. En el Resumen Ejecutivo que figura al comienzo del Informe se describen a grandes rasgos los principales temas tratados y las conclusiones formuladas. Un Informe de esta índole debe limitarse a bosquejar cuestiones complejas y basarse en gran medida en la labor analítica más detallada de muchos investigadores. En el texto se hace referencia a esa labor. Muchas de las cuestiones examinadas en el informe son «blancos móviles», sobre todo cuando los gobiernos toman decisiones de política que tienen consecuencias y los Miembros de la OMC participan activamente en importantes negociaciones comerciales.
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.
Global value chains
Estimating trade in terms of value added provides a new perspective on trade patterns. The OECD-WTO Trade in Value Added (TiVA) database provides data on the origin of the value added in gross exports. This can be used to outline trade flows taking place within global value chains (GVCs). TiVA data is based on the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC Rev.3) that covers all sectors of the economy, including primary products, manufactured goods and services.
Report by the WTO Secretariat
Nigeria is the 26th largest economy in the world, and the biggest in Africa where it is the leading oil exporter, with the largest natural gas reserves. As a result of its 2014 rebasing exercise, Nigeria’s GDP almost doubled from US$270 billion in 2013 to US$510 billion in 2014, and its economy has become more services driven (about 61% of GDP in 2016). This GDP increase by about 90% resulted from, inter alia, re-estimation of the contributions of certain sectors of the economy such as telecommunications, entertainment, and retail, which were previously not captured or underreported; the informal sector was re-estimated to account for about 44% of GDP.