Trade monitoring
Fonds pour l'application des normes et le développement du commerce
Depuis 2002, le Fonds pour l'application des normes et le développement du commerce (FANDC) a pris de l'ampleur en termes de participation comme de financement. Plusieurs organisations, y compris le Centre du commerce international (ITC), l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE), l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour le développement industriel (ONUD I) et la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le commerce et le développement (CNUCED), ainsi que des donateurs et pays en développement participent au Fonds. De 300 000 dollars EU apportés en 2003 par la Banque mondiale et l'OMC à titre de fonds de départ, le financement s'est accru pour atteindre 5 millions de dollars EU en 2009, avec 16 autres donateurs contribuant au Fonds d'affectation spéciale depuis la création du FANDC.
Trade Policy Reviews in 2016
The WTO conducted 23 trade policy reviews in 2016. The dates of the reviews and the WTO members covered are shown on the map. Further information, including the Chair’s concluding remarks for each review, can be found on the WTO website.
Informes de vigilancia del comercio
La Secretaría de la OMC preparó, en nombre del Director General, cinco informes amplios sobre la evolución del comercio mundial en 2010. Tres de esos informes, que abarcan las medidas de comercio e inversiones adoptadas por las economías del Grupo de los 20 (G-20), fueron elaborados en colaboración con las Secretarías de laOCDE y la UNCT AD. Los otros dos abarcan las medidas pertinentes adoptadas por todos los Miembros de la OMC y los observadores ante la Organización, y fueron debatidos en las reuniones del OEPC, durante las cuales el Director General destacó que la crisis mundial y la labor de vigilancia de la OMC habían puesto de relieve la importancia de aumentar la transparencia para asegurar la buena marcha del sistema multilateral del comercio.
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.
Trade in goods
During its five formal sessions in 2009, the Council for Trade in Goods made progress on the consideration of requests from WTO members for waivers, further discussed what role, if any, it should play in the textiles and clothing sector following the termination of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, and dealt with other routine tasks.
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.
Organization, secretariat and budget
The World Trade Organization came into being in 1995, as the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which had been established (1947) in the wake of the Second World War. The WTO’s main objective is the establishment of rules for Members’ trade policy which help international trade to expand with a view to raising living standards. These rules foster non-discrimination, transparency and predictability in the conduct of trade policy.