Trade monitoring
Report by Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has been a member of the WTO since 1996 and this is the country’s third Trade Policy Review (TPR), the second having been completed in 2010–11. The country is a strong supporter of the rules-based international trading system, which is of particular value to small economies that lack the administrative capacity to negotiate on trade-related matters simultaneously with their many trading partners. PNG does not yet have permanent representation in Geneva, and is represented in WTO matters by the Geneva office of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), and by its Ambassador in Brussels.
Entender la OMC
La Organización Mundial del Comercio puede verse desde distintas perspectivas. Es una Organización para la apertura del comercio. Es un foro para que los gobiernos negocien acuerdos comerciales. Es un lugar en el que pueden resolver sus diferencias comerciales. Aplica un sistema de normas comerciales. En lo fundamental, la OMC es un lugar al que los gobiernos Miembros acuden para tratar de resolver los problemas comerciales que tienen unos con otros.
Report by the East African Community
The Treaty establishing the East African Community (EAC) came into force on 7 July 2000, thus a new beginning of the revived EAC. The EAC has six partner States, namely, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. The EAC Customs Union came into force on 1 January 2005 and the Common Market on 1 July 2010. English is the official language of communication within the community policy structures.