Trade monitoring
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Foreword by the WTO Director-General
When WTO members concluded their negotiations on the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) in Bali in December 2013, they created the first multilateral agreement since the WTO was founded nearly two decades earlier. It demonstrated how global rule-making was functioning effectively to address impediments to today’s global commerce. As much as efforts to further liberalize trade policies, the streamlining, speeding up, and coordinating of trade processes are contributing to the expansion of world trade and helping developing and least-developed countries (LDCs) integrate into today’s global economy.
Premio OMC de Ensayo para Jóvenes Economistas
En abril de 2009 la OMC estableció el Premio OMC de Ensayo para Jóvenes Economistas, con carácter anual. Dotado con 5.000 FS, tiene por objeto promover la investigación económica de alto nivel sobre la OMC y las cuestiones relacionadas con la OMC y fortalecer los vínculos entre la OMC y la comunidad académica.
Standards and Trade Development Facility
Contributions to the STD F reached US$ 4.3 million in 2010, from US$ 300,000 of seed finance from the World Bank and the WTO in 2003. There are now 19 donors to the trust fund and, in addition to the core partners, other organizations participating in the STD F include the International Trade Centre (ITC), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), as well as donors and developing countries.
Definitions and methodology
Two systems of recording merchandise exports and imports are in common use. They are referred to as general trade and special trade and differ mainly in the way warehoused and re-exported goods are treated. General trade figures are larger than the corresponding special trade figures because the latter exclude certain trade flows, such as goods shipped through bonded warehouses.