Trade monitoring

The 2011 WTO Annual Report provides a brief summary of the organization and a detailed review of its activities in 2010. It also includes a personal message from the Director-General who reflects on the events of 2010 and the challenges that lie ahead. The main part of the Report is divided into the five principal areas of activity of the WTO: trade negotiations ─ outlining the latest developments in the Doha Round implementation and monitoring ─ describing how WTO agreements are being implemented and the organisation's trade monitoring role dispute settlement ─ summarizing the commercial disputes brought by WTO members to the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body in 2010 building trade capacity ─ outlining the WTO's efforts to help developing countries improve their trade capacity outreach ─ detailing how the WTO maintains dialogue with a variety of audiences. The Report also features an in-depth look at the WTO's Public Forum and the Open Day which were held in September 2010.

Le Rapport sur le commerce mondial 2016 examine la participation des petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) au commerce mondial l’évolution du paysage commercial international pour les PME et ce que le système commercial multilatéral fait et peut faire pour encourager la participation plus large et inclusive des PME aux marchés mondiaux.

WTO-OECD-UNCTAD: Despite crisis G20 governments largely resist protectionist pressures: The WTO OECD and UNCTAD in a joint report on G20 trade and investment measures released on 14 June 2010 noted the imposition of fewer trade restrictions but warned “they are accumulating”. In a separate report to WTO members on trade-related developments Director-General Pascal Lamy confirmed this trend but urged governments to remain “vigilant” and to give priority to “exiting current restricting measures”. The OECD and UNCTAD also released a separate report on G20 investment measures.

Trade Profiles 2016 provides a series of key indicators on trade in goods and services for 195 economies. This new edition incorporates Services Profiles which was previously published separately. For merchandise trade major exports and imports are listed for both agricultural and non-agricultural products as well as major origins and destinations for these products. For trade in services a detailed breakdown is provided for transport travel and other commercial services. Statistics on intellectual property are also provided. The information is available for all WTO members and observers and for other selected economies. For each economy the data is presented in a handy two-page format providing a concise overview of global trade. The publication is an invaluable reference tool for anyone looking for essential trade statistics.

“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.

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.

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.