Books

“Les examens des politiques commerciales” analysent les politiques et pratiques commerciales de chaque Membre de l’OMC. Les examens comprennent trois grandes parties: un rapport indépendant établi par le Secrétariat de l’OMC un rapport établi par le gouvernement et les remarques finales formulées par le Président de l’Organe d’examen des politiques commerciales de l’OMC. La première section - “Principales données sur le commerce” - donne un aperçu visuel des principales exportations/importations du Membre de l’OMC considéré des principales destinations de ses exportations des origines de ses importations et d’autres données clés. La présente édition examine les pratiques commerciales du Guinée.

G20 economies have continued to roll back COVID-19-related trade-restrictive measures and demonstrated restraint in the imposition of new ones but the value of trade covered by pandemic-related restrictions still in place now exceeds that of trade-facilitating measures according to the latest WTO Trade Monitoring Report on G20 trade measures released today (28 October). Ahead of a G20 leaders’ summit in Rome this weekend Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala called on G20 economies to continue to unwind pandemic-related trade restrictions and to push for a strong WTO response to the pandemic at the 12th Ministerial Conference.

“Trade Policy Reviews” analyse the trade policies and practices of each member of the WTO. The reviews consist of three parts: an independent report by the WTO Secretariat a report by the government and the concluding remarks by the Chair of the WTO’s Trade Policy Review Body. The opening section - “key trade facts” - provides a visual overview of the WTO member’s major exports/imports main export destinations origins for its imports and other key data. This edition looks into the trade practices of Montenegro.

Twenty-first century Africa is in a process of economic transformation but challenges remain in areas such as structural reform governance commodity pricing and geopolitics. This book looks into key questions facing the continent such as how Africa can achieve deeper integration into the rules-based multilateral trading system and the global economy. It provides a range of perspectives on the future of the multilateral trading system and Africa's participation in global trade and underlines the supportive roles that can be played by multilateral and regional institutions during such a rapid and uncertain transition. This volume is based on contributions to the Fourth China Round Table on WTO Accessions and the Multilateral Trading System which took place just before the WTO's Tenth Ministerial Conference in Nairobi in December 2015.

Protectionist pressures on the rise latest G20 monitoring report says: G20 governments have introduced more trade barriers including export restrictions in the past six months than in previous periods since the financial crisis began according to the monitoring report by the World Trade Organization the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the UN Conference on Trade and Development released on 24 May 2011. Although measures to lower trade barriers are also accelerating new import restrictive measures taken by G20 economies over the period October 2010 to April 2011 cover around 0.6% of total G20 imports which is also an increase over the previous six months (0.3%). Export restrictions are also on the rise. This adds to the cumulative total of world trade affected by new restrictions since the crisis began. Despite the positive forecasts for 2011 the outlook for world trade remains clouded by a number of significant risk factors in addition to the recent natural disasters in Japan. Sovereign debt problems rising prices for food and other primary commodities and unrest in major oil exporting countries generate uncertainties for the near future.

The History and Future of the World Trade Organization is a comprehensive account of the economic political and legal issues surrounding the creation of the WTO and its evolution. Fully illustrated with colour and black-and-white photos dating back to the early days of trade negotiations the publication reviews the WTO's achievements as well as the challenges faced by the organization and identifies the key questions that WTO members need to address in the future.

El Informe anual de la OMC 2008 centrado en las actividades de la Organización en 2007 trata con detalle su estructura personal y presupuesto actuales.

The WTO’s Annual Report 2018 provides a comprehensive account of the organization’s activities in 2017 and early 2018. The Report opens with a message from Director-General Roberto Azevêdo and a brief overview of the year. This is followed by more in-depth accounts of the WTO’s various areas of activity over the past 12 months. The Report also includes “spotlights” highlighting major WTO events and activities including the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference held in Buenos Aires.

The World Trade Report 2010 focuses on trade in natural resources such as fuels forestry mining and fisheries. The Report examines the characteristics of trade in natural resources the policy choices available to governments and the role of international cooperation particularly of the WTO in the proper management of trade in this sector. A key question is to what extent countries gain from open trade in natural resources. Some of the issues examined in the Report include the role of trade in providing access to natural resources the effects of international trade on the sustainability of natural resources the environmental impact of resources trade the so-called natural resources curse and resource price volatility. The Report examines a range of key measures employed in natural resource sectors such as export taxes tariffs and subsidies and provides information on their current use. It analyzes in detail the effects of these policy tools on an economy and on its trading partners. Finally the Report provides an overview of how natural resources fit within the legal framework of the WTO and discusses other international agreements that regulate trade in natural resources. A number of challenges are addressed including the regulation of export policy the treatment of subsidies trade facilitation and the relationship between WTO rules and other international agreements.

“Trade Policy Reviews” analyse the trade policies and practices of each member of the WTO. The reviews consist of three parts: an independent report by the WTO Secretariat a report by the government and the concluding remarks by the Chair of the WTO’s Trade Policy Review Body. The opening section - “key trade facts” - provides a visual overview of the WTO member’s major exports/imports main export destinations origins for its imports and other key data. This edition looks into the trade practices of Egypt.