Colombia

En los “Exámenes de las Políticas Comerciales” se analizan las políticas y prácticas comerciales de cada Miembro de la OMC. Los exámenes constan de tres partes: un informe independiente elaborado por la Secretaría de la OMC, un informe elaborado por el Gobierno, y las observaciones a modo de conclusión formuladas por el Presidente del Órgano de Examen de las Políticas Comerciales de la OMC. En la sección inicial -“principales datos sobre el come Read More

“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 k Read More

This third Trade Policy Review has offered us an excellent opportunity to deepen our understanding of recent developments in The Gambia, and the achievements and challenges related to its trade and investment policies. Also, as was highlighted by several delegations during the review, this exercise has come at an important juncture for The Gambia, after having experienced a historical democratic change in government last year.

This fifth Trade Policy Review of the Philippines has offered us an excellent opportunity to deepen our understanding of the trade, economic, and investment policies of the Philippines. More than 300 questions from 22 Members were submitted to the Philippines before the meeting, which underlines the importance Members attached to this Review. I would like to thank the delegation of the Philippines, led by H.E. Dr. Ceferino Rodolfo, Undersecretary of Trade Read More

The second Trade Policy Review of Cambodia has offered us a good opportunity to deepen our understanding of recent developments, the achievements and challenges related to Cambodia’s trade, economic, and investment policies. Cambodia plays an important and a valued role in the WTO as a Member of the LDC group that has strived for the group’s better integration into the multilateral trading system. The more than 147 advance written questions su Read More

This fifth Trade Policy Review has allowed us to deepen our understanding of Colombia’s trade and investment policies, and in particular, of the several reforms and changes introduced since the last Review in 2012. I would like to thank the Colombian delegation headed by Mrs. Olga Lucía Lozano, Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade, for her very constructive engagement throughout this exercise. I would also like to thank our discussant, Ambassador Jo Read More

During the previous Trade Policy Review the Government of Colombia shared its four-year plan for 2010–2014 “Prosperity for All” with WTO Members. The Plan sought to bolster security, social cohesion and investor confidence, and to make determined progress in the Government’s policy of democratic prosperity.