Services

EU notifies preferential treatment to services exports from LDCs

24 November 2015
On 18 November, the EU notified the WTO Council of Trade in Services of the preferential treatment which it intends to make available to services and service suppliers of the global trade body’s poorest members. In doing so, the EU joins other WTO members who have responded to the commitments made...
Global Value Chains

How can technological upgrading help LDCs integrate into GVCs?

4 October 2015
Xiaolan Fu, Shaheen Akter
What kind of policy reforms should be undertaken both at the domestic and international levels to support LDCs technological upgrading and innovation for better integration into global value chains? Innovation and technological change have radically altered the economic landscape over the past...
Trade Facilitation

Niger first among the LDCs to sign the Trade Facilitation Agreement

12 August 2015
Niger became the first LDC country, and the twelfth WTO member, to sign the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) on 6 August. The instrument of acceptance of the TFA was presented by Niger’s ambassador, Ado Elhadji Abou, to WTO Director-General, Roberto Azevêdo. The other eleven members that have...
Market Access

LDCs request dedicated WTO CTD session to discuss implementation of Bali DFQF decision

25 June 2015
Bangladesh, on behalf of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) group, advanced a request for a dedicated session of the Committee on Trade and Development (CTD) to discuss the implementation of duty-free and quota-free (DFQF) market access for LDCs. The letter dated 10 June 2015 and addressed to the...
Rules of Origin

Les PMA soulèvent la question des règles d’origine à l’OMC

11 May 2015
Les PMA ont soumis aux membres de l’OMC un document , intitulé « Éléments de discussions sur les règles d’origine préférentielles pour les PMA », lors de la réunion du 30 avril du comité sur les règles d’origine. Ce dernier, présenté par le Bangladesh au nom du groupe des PMA, vise à stimuler une...
Services

WTO members indicate extensive preferences to enact the LDC services waiver

9 February 2015
Several WTO members indicated concrete sectors and modes of supply where they intend to provide preferential treatment to least developed countries’ (LDCs) services and services suppliers at a high-level meeting on 5 February. Most of the preferences presented at last Thursday’s WTO Council for...