Trade monitoring
L’utilisation des mesures non tarifaires d’un point de vue économique
Les raisons qui amènent les gouvernements à appliquer des mesures non tarifaires (MNT) et des mesures relatives aux services sont de plus en plus nombreuses. La présente section examine quelles sont ces raisons et comment elles peuvent influer sur les échanges. Elle analyse aussi, d’un point de vue théorique et empirique, les choix qui peuvent être faits par les gouvernements entre différents instruments de politique. Et elle se termine par des études de cas sur l’application des MNT dans le contexte de la récente crise financière, du changement climatique et de la sécurité sanitaire des produits alimentaires.
Acknowledgements
The World Trade Report 2010 was prepared under the general direction of the Deputy Director-General Alejandro Jara and supervised by Patrick Low, Director of the Economic Research and Statistics Division. The principal authors of the Report were Marc Bacchetta, Cosimo Beverelli, John Hancock, Alexander Keck, Gaurav Nayyar, Coleman Nee, Roberta Piermartini, Nadia Rocha, Michele Ruta, Robert Teh and Alan Yanovich. Other written contributions were provided by Marc Auboin, Mireille Cossy and James Windon. Trade statistics information was provided by the Statistics Group of the Economic Research and Statistics Division, coordinated by Hubert Escaith, Julia de Verteuil, Andreas Maurer and Jurgen Richtering.
Contact with the public
Visitors to the WTO website continue to exceed more than 1.8 million a month. Total page views increased by 14 per cent in 2013, reaching a total of more than 40 million. The WTO attracted an increasing number of followers to its social media pages, such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The WTO received over 40,000 public email enquiries in 2013 and welcomed over 160 visiting groups. Fifty-seven new WTO publications were produced.
Report by Thailand
Since its previous trade policy review in 2007, the Thai economy has thriven through challenged and crisis and expanded moderately at the annualized rate at 4.5%. Overall, Thailand’s macroeconomic fundamentals have been strong. Despite some risks of political instability and external uncertainties, the economy has performed well as a result of significant growth in investment as well as strong domestic and external demands, in particular from private consumption which continues to grow following higher income and low unemployment rate.
Acknowledgements
The World Trade Report 2008 was prepared under the general direction of Deputy Director-General Alejandro Jara. Patrick Low, Director of the Economic Research and Statistics Division, led the team responsible for writing the Report. The principal authors of the Report were Marc Bacchetta, Chad Bown, K. Michael Finger, Marion Jansen, Alexander Keck, Roberta Piermartini, Michele Ruta and Robert Teh. Trade statistics information was provided by the Statistics Group of the Economic Research and Statistics Division, coordinated by Hubert Escaith, Julia de Verteuil, Andreas Maurer and Jürgen Richtering.
Introduction
The Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM) was first established on a trial basis by the GATT contracting parties in April 1989. The Mechanism became a permanent feature of the World Trade Organization under the Marrakesh Agreement which established the WTO in January 1995.