WTO Report Finds no Acceleration in Trade Restrictions but Slow Pace for Barrier Removal

December 11, 2015

WTO members have continued to show some restraint in introducing new trade-restrictive measures and have also adopted a record number of trade facilitation measures during the period of October 2014 to October 2015 according to the Director-General’s annual report on trade-related developments. However, the report, which was discussed at the 9 December meeting of the Trade Policy Review Body (TPRB), raises concerns over the increase in the stockpile of trade-restrictive measures recorded since 2008.

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Topics: WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (LDCS)

Authors: ALL AFRICA

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