Implementation of trade facilitation measures

Trade and aid measures should be mutually supportive.

Some experts highlighted the need for trade facilitation measures.

Measures to reduce trade barriers constitute a mutual responsibility.

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There can be no trade off between human rights and effective security measures.

In fact, several specific trade facilitation measures, including those related to transit trade and coordination at border crossings, are often included in the trade promotion agendas of regional organizations.

(d) Abusive application of anti dumping, sanitary and phytosanitary standards and other trade distorting measures

Regional organizations will play a key role in advancing trade facilitation and in implementing measures that may result from a multilateral agreement on trade facilitation.

12 Green Box designates those domestic support measures that have no or minimal trade distorting effect.

Once deficit countries take aggressive measures, it is usually trade surplus countries that suffer the most from international crises caused by trade and capital flow imbalances.

G 8 countries, the supposed champions of the global free trade agenda that dominates the World Trade Organization, accounted for the lion s share of these measures.

The implementation of trade facilitation measures needs to rely on local knowledge, build on regional trade and transport facilitation networks, and make use of existing tools.

The issue of the cost of trade facilitation measures was raised several times, and fears were expressed that the gap between LDCs and developed countries would increase because of the lack of available financial resources to implement trade facilitation measures.

Protectionist trade measures, perhaps in the form of a stiff US tariff on Chinese imports, would be profoundly self destructive, even absent the inevitable retaliatory measures.

Those proposals relate to the WTO waiver, Enabling Clause, Agreement on Trade Related Investment Measures and the Decision on Measures in Favour of Least Developed Countries.

For the promotion of intra African trade, it organized an expert group meeting in March 2005 to discuss constraints on intraregional trade and measures for addressing them.

In terms of legal trade the measures also help to improve predictability and effective clearance of goods.

Quantity impact measures can a priori provide precise information about the impact of an NTB on trade.

The training should focus on measures to identify and prevent illegal trade in ODS ozone depleting substances

The rules negotiations cover anti dumping, subsidies and countervailing measures, including fisheries subsidies, and regional trade agreements.

(c) take whatever measures are appropriate to draw up a compendium of established, fair trade practices for international trade in olive oil, olive pomace oil and table olives.

(c) take whatever measures are appropriate to draw up a compendium of established, fair trade practices for international trade in olive oil, olive pomace oil and table olives.

To implement measures designed to expand international trade in olive products and to adopt whatever measures are appropriate to enhance the consumption of olive oil and table olives

To implement measures designed to expand international trade in olive products and to adopt whatever measures are appropriate to enhance the consumption of olive oil and table olives

Expressing its concern about the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on international relations, trade, investment and cooperation,

Expressing its concern about the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on international relations, trade, investment and cooperation,

Expressing its concern about the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on international relations, trade, investment and cooperation,

With China s US trade surplus reaching 200 billion last year, American sentiment is growing to take strong measures.

Important benefits of trade and transport facilitation measures relate to time savings, which often outweigh direct cost savings.

The maritime security measures apply to ships engaged in international trade and to port facilities serving such ships.

A number of UNCTAD member countries have introduced trade and transport facilitation committees with a view to improving coordination between different agencies when implementing trade and transport facilitation measures.

Convinced of the importance of national, regional and international measures to combat trafficking and illicit trade in small arms, including those measures that could be adapted to regional approaches,

First, Spain could refuse to accept the trade deficits, either by implementing protectionist measures or by devaluing its currency.

Such international support measures could also aim at addressing any adverse effects of further multilateral trade liberalization on LDCs

The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) initiated a trade transport facilitation project designed to set up a consultative mechanism through which key stakeholders involved in international trade and transport could agree on trade facilitation policy measures.

In some cases, this will harm free trade, and governments should be careful to avoid measures that distort resource allocation.

(f) taking measures to contribute to combating illicit trade of arms in all its aspects and the use of mercenaries

Negotiations for disciplines to address trade distortive effects of subsidies currently focus on examples of services related state support measures.

In addition to information concerning the frequency of NTBs, they also make it possible to gather data on the relative importance of different measures, such as their trade restrictiveness or trade impact.

The Members undertake to adopt all the appropriate measures to facilitate trade, encourage consumption of olive oils and table olives and ensure the proper development of the international trade in these products.

Noting that the imposition of arbitrary unilateral laws contradicts the regulations and directions of the World Trade Organization which prohibits the adoption of measures likely to hinder international free trade and shipping

Recognizing that countries must take appropriate and necessary security measures, but also underlining the importance of taking these measures in the manner that is least disruptive of normal trade and related practices,

Recognizing that countries must take appropriate and necessary security measures, but also underlining the importance of taking these measures in the manner that is least disruptive of normal trade and related practices,