Status of WTO negotiations on trade facilitation

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Private sector expectations from the WTO negotiations on trade facilitation

Thus, whether, how and with whom services liberalization should be pursued in a regional context remain crucial decisions that need to be taken carefully and on the basis of a regional group's specific economic, social and developmental circumstances.

The issue is coming to a head in ongoing World Trade Organization negotiations.

Japan had been actively engaged in World Trade Organization negotiations in that area.

The conclusion of the Uruguay Round negotiations and the forthcoming establishment of the World Trade Organization opened up the prospect of an orderly development of global economic relations.

The treatment of least developed country products would be decided during World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations, where all WTO members were represented.

But the only way to do so is by proceeding with WTO negotiations.

We hope that the World Trade Organization round of negotiations will be satisfactorily completed by 2006.

With WTO negotiations underway and an expanding free trade agenda taking hold, those tariffs are under pressure.

Preferences were important to Africa, and solutions to the issue of preference erosion should be found within the WTO negotiations.

It is well known that Russia is now actively engaged in negotiations to join the WTO.

There has been much discussion of the need to complete the Doha Round of global trade negotiations and increase development assistance to poor countries.

The conclusion of the Uruguay Round would help to check the spread of protectionism and to promote the development of world trade and global economic growth.

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The main bottleneck in the WTO negotiations is related to the agriculture sector, which is the principle source of livelihood for the poor in developing countries.

The European community remains firmly committed to making a success of the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations, including by the elimination of expert subsidies.

Calls on OIC Member States who have acceded to the WTO to support and facilitate negotiations for the accession of the other Member States which have not yet joined the WTO.

Tangible progress is needed in global trade negotiations in order to signal that the world economy will remain open.

NEW YORK The Doha Round, the first multilateral trade negotiation conducted under the auspices of the World Trade Organization, is at a critical stage.

Non tariff barriers acted as major barriers to exports from developing countries and should be addressed in the WTO negotiations.

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The Framework Agreement on WTO Doha round of negotiations included trade facilitation in trade negotiations, which would examine issues covered in Articles V, VIII and X of the 1994 GATT Agreement.

Trade negotiations are supposedly acceptable again.

Issues for GATS negotiations

UNCTAD meeting on Coping with trade reforms a developing country perspective on the WTO tariff negotiations

UNCTAD meeting on Coping with trade reforms A developing country perspective on the WTO tariff negotiations

In that sense, the successful end of the Uruguay Round of negotiations and the establishment of the new World Trade Organization in early 1995 are indeed encouraging.

Against this background, the Shanghai free trade zone demonstrates China s readiness to participate actively in global free trade negotiations, with the goal of promoting a comprehensive free trade strategy and safeguarding Chinese interests worldwide.

While the customs programme assisted the least developed countries in modernizing their customs service, ACIS has contributed to improving their transport infrastructure and significantly increased their financial gains.43 UNCTAD has also been providing extensive training and capacity building to the least developed countries in trade negotiations and commercial diplomacy, including on issues related to WTO accession.

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NEW YORK Though nothing has come of the World Trade Organization s Doha Development Round of global trade negotiations since they were launched almost a dozen years ago, another round of talks is in the works.

Capacity Building for Trade The Role of the WTO .

A concrete funding mechanism in trade agreements warrants serious consideration, particularly in areas such as the WTO s trade facilitation negotiations, where capacity building in developing countries is a key issue.