century. Secondly, in one area of economic activity - trade in government procurement markets - the revised WTO Agreement on …

investigations by reviewing the literature, the applicable WTO rules and, in particular, the pertinent case law. The potential value …

might evolve and how the WTO could respond. …

Indicators - which closely reflect the Trade Facilitation Agreement negotiated at the Bali WTO Ministerial Conference of December …

ambitious expectations. For example, on average across all WTO Members, only one-third of all services sectors have been …

pose considerable challenges for the WTO and its Members. On the one hand, Members need to periodically update their … the definition and thus also the implementation of some WTO agreements where the product coverage is defined in terms of …. It then looks back at the history of the introduction of the HS and its subsequent amendments into the WTO schedules and …

The Marrakesh Agreement establishing the WTO recognizes the need for positive efforts designed to ensure that … commensurate with the needs of their economic development.This article discusses how the WTO contributes to facilitating Africa …'s integration into the WTO multilateral trading system. It is argued that, while African countries are actively engaged in the work …

rather on ensuring that the importance of tourism for LDCs is acknowledged and acted upon. Indeed, governments can always …

There is a stark contrast between the ambitious investment promotion efforts of many least developed countries (LDCs … or foreign), and may be a missed opportunity to address services aspects of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). LDCs …. Considering that most LDCs, under domestic laws, have already opened a wide range of services sectors to foreign direct investment …