Trade monitoring
Introduction
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.
Comercio de mercancías
En cuatro reuniones celebradas en 2012 el Consejo del Comercio de Mercancías aprobó varias solicitudes de exención, individuales y colectivas, como la prórroga de la exención relativa al Sistema de Certificación del Proceso de Kimberley, la armonización en curso de las listas arancelarias y los derechos aplicados por la Unión Europea a determinadas mercancías procedentes del Pakistán. También examinó una serie de preocupaciones comerciales planteadas por los Miembros.
Enhanced Integrated Framework for LDCs
The Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) for trade-related assistance to LDCs became effectively operational in 2009. By the end of the year, 47 LDCs were involved in the EI F process, and the EI F Trust Fund had risen to US $ 90 million. The breadth of support enjoyed by the EI F was manifest at the EI F Ministerial event hosted by the Director-General on the margins of the Seventh WTO Ministerial Conference in December 2009.