Trade monitoring
Cadre intégré renforcé
En janvier 2016, le Cadre intégré renforcé (CIR) a lancé la phase deux de son programme, qui vise à aider les pays les moins avancés (PMA) à utiliser le commerce comme outil de croissance. Cette phase deux va jusqu’à 2022. Le CIR a réalisé des projets dans plusieurs PMA pour développer leur capacité de faire du commerce.
Secrétariat de l'OMC
Le Secrétariat de l'OMC, dont les bureaux se trouvent à Genève, emploie 646 fonctionnaires émargeant au budget ordinaire. Il est dirigé par le Directeur général, M. Pascal Lamy. Le Secrétariat n'a aucun pouvoir de décision car à l'OMC, toutes les décisions sont prises par les Membres.
Contact with the public
The WTO website received an increasing number of visitors, with page views rising 5 per cent in 2014. The number of followers of WTO social media pages, Facebook and Twitter, soared and subscription to the WTO channel on YouTube jumped. An average 222,000 video clips were watched every month. The WTO welcomed 216 visiting groups. Over 70 WTO publications were produced, including for the first time an app version of the World Trade Report 2014 for viewing on tablets.
Composición, definiciones y metodología
El término “países” se utiliza con frecuencia para hacer referencia a los Miembros de la OMC, a pesar de que algunos Miembros no son países en el sentido usual del término, sino que se trata oficialmente de “territorios aduaneros”. La definición de grupos geográficos y de otro tipo empleada en el presente informe no implica la expresión de opinión alguna por parte de la Secretaría sobre la condición jurídica de ningún país o territorio, sobre la delimitación de sus fronteras ni sobre los derechos y obligaciones de ningún Miembro de la OMC respecto de los Acuerdos de la OMC. Los colores, fronteras, denominaciones y clasificaciones que figuran en los mapas de la presente publicación no implican, por parte de la OMC, ningún juicio sobre la condición jurídica o de otra índole de ningún territorio, ni constituyen una aprobación o aceptación de ninguna frontera.
Specific notes for selected economies
Beginning with the 2002 report, EU data compiled according to national statistical practices have been replaced, starting 1993, with data compiled by Eurostat in accordance with EU legislation. The concepts and definitions adopted by the EU are in line with the United Nations’ International Trade Statistics, Concepts and Definitions, Series M, N° 52, Revision 2. As a result, the conceptual differences between EU member states’ data have been substantially reduced. Moreover, for the EU as a whole, Eurostat data are more timely than the previous source, thus reducing substantially the amount of estimation included in the EU aggregate.
Public information activities
In 2011, the WTO continued to have regular contact with journalists, in Geneva and around the world, and hosted 39 information briefings in Geneva. The WTO organized a number of training activities for journalists, and made increased use of social media to communicate news and promote events. During 2011, the WTO website was revamped to give a stronger sense of what the WTO does and to make it easier for visitors to the site to find information. The WTO further expanded its publications programme, in particular its co-publications with other international organizations.
Report by the WTO Secretariat
The openness and transparency of the U.S. trade regime have been key contributing factors to the efficiency that characterizes the U.S. economy as a whole. Since its last Review in 2006, the United States has taken further steps to liberalize its trade regime, although mostly on a preferential basis. In the face of the economic uncertainty prevalent in early 2008, U.S. welfare would be best promoted by exploiting the adjustment capacity of the U.S. economy and continuing to reduce barriers to market access and other distorting measures, including those that result from high levels of assistance in agriculture and energy. Moreover, ongoing efforts to incorporate additional security considerations into U.S. trade and investment policies should be pursued within the framework of the risk-based approach that seems to have served the United States well. Further reforms undertaken on a MFN basis would also lessen distortions in global markets and strengthen the multilateral trading system, as the United States is both the world’s largest single economy and trader.