Trade monitoring
Asuntos presupuestarios, financieros y administrativos
En 2009, el Comité de Asuntos Presupuestarios, Financieros y Administrativos recomendó la aprobación del proyecto de presupuesto para el bienio 2010-2011 y examinó cuestiones relativas a la renovación de la sede de la OMC y la construcción de un nuevo edificio anexo.
Nuestro año
En 2015, la OMC celebró en Nairobi su Décima Conferencia Ministerial, la primera que tiene lugar en África. Los Ministros adoptaron varias decisiones sobre la agricultura, el algodón y las cuestiones relacionadas con los países menos adelantados, entre ellas la histórica decisión de eliminar las subvenciones a la exportación de productos agropecuarios.
Resumen
Este informe está dividido en cuatro partes principales. La primera contiene un análisis histórico de los acuerdos comerciales preferenciales (ACP) y una descripción de su panorama actual. Se documenta en ella el gran aumento de la actividad relacionada con ACP en los últimos años, desglosada por región, nivel de desarrollo económico y tipo de acuerdo de integración, y se hace una estimación precisa de la proporción del comercio en el marco de ACP que recibe trato preferencial.
Concluding remarks by the Chairperson of the Trade Policy Review Body, H.E. Mr. Eduardo Muñoz Gómez at the Trade Policy Review of Trinidad and Tobago 7 and 9 March 2012
The third Trade Policy Review of Trinidad and Tobago has given us a better understanding of trade and economic developments in the country over the past six years and helped us to measure the challenges it faces in further developing its economy. Our candid discussion has been greatly helped by the full and open participation of the Trinidad and Tobago delegation, led by the Minister of Trade and Industry, the Honourable Stephen Cadiz, and by the insightful remarks made by the discussant, H.E. Ambassador Fook Seng Kwok of Singapore, as well as the questions and statements from numerous delegations and the replies from Trinidad and Tobago.
Selected trade developments and issues
In December 1996, at the first WTO Ministerial Conference held in Singapore, 23 economies signed the Information Technology Agreement (ITA). The objective of the ITA was to “encourage the continued technological development of the information technology industry on a world-wide basis” and to “achieve maximum freedom of world trade in IT products” by eliminating all duties on trade in these products. Lower barriers to trade should help to spread “the positive contribution of IT to global economic growth and welfare”.1 The ITA went into force in 1997, when the trade value of the participants exceeded 90 per cent of world trade in the covered products – the benchmark stipulated in the Agreement. Ten years on, the information and communication industry is seen as a major engine of the globalisation process, transforming both the developed and developing economies. The rapid development of the internet (1 billion users in 2005) and the global spread of cellular mobile telephony (2.1 billion subscribers in 2005) are two prominent examples of the increased role of IT in today’s global economy. The spread of IT technologies has created many new business opportunities, transformed many services sectors and challenged many old patterns of production and distribution.
Fifth Global Review of Aid for Trade
The Fifth Global Review of Aid for Trade, held at the WTO in June/July, highlighted how high trade costs are hampering developing countries’ ability to benefit from market access opportunities. The Review attracted over 1,500 participants and saw the launch of a new OECD-WTO co-publication outlining the impact of the Aid for Trade initiative.