Trade monitoring
World trade developments
A strengthening of world economic output in 1999 reversed the slowdown of world trade in the first half of 1999 and led to a dynamic expansion of trade in the second half. For the year as a whole, the real growth of world trade remained unchanged from the preceding year and was below the average trade expansion recorded throughout the 1990s. Although trade growth continued to exceed both the growth in world commodity output and world GDP, the excess margin between the growth rates remained smaller in 1999 than those observed during the 1990–1997 period.
La OMC celebra su vigésimo aniversario
La OMC celebró su vigésimo aniversario en 2015 con una serie de eventos (presentaciones de libros, exposiciones y otras actividades especiales) destinados a recordar a los Miembros de la OMC y al público en general los logros de la Organización en los dos últimos decenios.
Trade Policy Reviews
In 2014, the Trade Policy Review Body (TPRB) reviewed the trade policies and practices of 21 WTO members in 13 meetings. In all, the TPRB had carried out 405 reviews by the end of 2014, involving 149 WTO members.