Trade monitoring
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.
Órgano de Apelación
2016 fue un año de intensa actividad para el Órgano de Apelación: se apelaron 8 informes de Grupos Especiales y se distribuyeron 6 informes del Órgano de Apelación. Además, en 2016 se llevó a cabo un arbitraje relativo al plazo prudencial para la aplicación de las recomendaciones y resoluciones del Órgano de Solución de Diferencias (OSD). El OSD nombró a dos nuevos Miembros del Órgano de Apelación: la Sra. Hong Zhao (China) y el Sr. Hyun Chong Kim (Corea). Al final de 2016, el Órgano de Apelación había distribuido 144 informes.
Report by Montenegro
Government of Montenegro applied for membership of the WTO on 23 December 2004, in line with Article XII of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the WTO. The General Council established Working Party (WP) on accession of Montenegro on 15 February 2005. The WP adopted the Report on its work and made the recommendation on accession of Montenegro to the WTO on 5 December 2011 after eight meetings had been held, and finished the work under its mandate. Accession of Montenegro was approved by the Ministerial Conference during its eight meeting. The Protocol on accession was signed on 17 December 2011 in Geneva. Montenegro became a full-fledged WTO Member on 29 April 2012.