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February/March 2019 Accession of South Sudan N° 92 — February/March 2019 Accession of South Sudan: Accessions Strategic Objectives st 1 Working Party Meeting — 21 March 2019 Domestic reform instrument Systemic update Market access expansion The 1st Working Party meeting took place on (i) providing a level-playing field (ii) contrib- International cooperation for trade 21 March 2019. The meeting was chaired by uting towards poverty eradication by creating Ambassador Mohammad Qurban Haqjo jobs for vulnerable groups such as women and (Afghanistan), who had been appointed as the youth; (iii) promoting peace and state Inside this issue: Chairperson of the Working Party just before building; (iv) attracting foreign direct invest- st the meeting. The delegation of South Sudan ment; and (v) increasing access to internation- • Accession of South Sudan: 1 Working Party was led by Mr. Aggrey Tisa Sabuni, Chief Nego- al markets. Joining the WTO would put South Meeting — 21 March 2019 tiator and Presidential Advisor on Economic Sudan on an equal footing with its partners in • Trade for Peace through the WTO Accession Affairs, and included thirteen senior officials the EAC and facilitate the implementation of Process: Opportunities for South Sudan from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and EAC its EAC obligations. Finally, the Chief Negotia- • Accession of Uzbekistan: DDG Wolff’s visit to Affairs; the Ministry of Petroleum; the Ministry tor conveyed his Government's determination Tashkent, 19-21 February 2019 and Working of Agriculture and Food Security; the Bank of to achieve WTO membership within 5 years. Party Chairperson’s visit to Tashkent, 12-13 South Sudan; as well as a member of the Tran- March 2019 sitional Legislative Assembly. This meeting • Accession Working Parties 2019 Strategic Focus: took place back-to-back with the third Joint Belarus, Serbia Trade Policy Review of the East African Com- munity (EAC), as South Sudan has been a • Accession Working Parties State of Play: member of the Community since 2016. Equatorial Guinea , Sudan, and Timor-Leste • WTO Accession Progress Tracker and Evolving Work Programme • Accessions Anniversary Dates — Article XII Members — March Mr Aggrey Tisa Sabuni, Chief Negotiator • Accessions Toolbox Members expressed support and readiness to work with South Sudan to advance the acces- sion process. They commended South Sudan Stay connected for holding the first Meeting of the Working Ambassador Mohammad Haqjo (Afghanistan), Working Party within 15 months since the establish- Party Chairperson ment of the Working Party; this constituted a record-breaking achievement. In his opening statement, Mr. Sabuni con- firmed South Sudan Government's commit- Following the examination of South Sudan's ment to undertake the required reforms for foreign trade regime, based on the Memoran- WTO accession based on the principles of the dum of the Foreign Trade Regime (MFTR), rule of law, transparency, good governance Members were invited to submit questions and respect for human rights. South Sudan and comments by 18 April 2019. South Sudan had adopted an open-market-based economic was invited to update the MFTR and prepare model to stimulate economic growth and negotiating inputs, including initial market recognized the role of WTO membership in: access offers on goods and services. 1st Working Party Meeting on the Accession of South Sudan , 21 March 2019 Delegation of South Sudan, 21 March 2019 Ambassador Mohammad Haqjo and Delegation 1 of South Sudan N° 92 — February/March 2019 Trade for Peace through the WTO Accession Process: Opportunities for South Sudan On the margins of the 1st Working Party enhance regional integration and economic meeting, the Secretariat organised a panel prosperity in the Horn of Africa where discussion on "Trade for Peace through the landmark peace agreements had recently WTO Accession Process: Opportunities for been signed. Ambassador Zorica Maric South Sudan". In his opening remarks, WTO Djordjevic, former Permanent Representative Deputy Director-General Alan Wm. Wolff of Montenegro to the WTO, highlighted four noted that one of the most compelling reasons factors that would make the case for the WTO for optimism for the multilateral trading as a "peace project", i.e. WTO accession as (i) system was that acceding governments saw in a contribution to the foundation for durable the WTO what the founders of the GATT had peace; (ii) an instrument for better resource envisioned in its creation in 1947 - a path mobilization, budget allocation and Panel discussion on « Trade for Peace through the WTO towards economic growth, leading to greater expenditure management; (iii) a framework Accession Process: Opportunities for South Sudan » domestic stability, and a better chance to for reducing the risk factors in countries with attain and sustain peace. Chief Negotiator high dependence on natural resources; and Sabuni stated that while after years of (iv) an instrument for rebranding a country’s instability and conflict, stability was returning image. Finally, Mr. Daniel Weston, General to South Sudan with the signing of the Counsel and Global Head of Corporate Affairs Revitalized Peace Agreement in September and Creating Shared Value, Nestle Nespresso, 2018, the country would now "need to highlighted South Sudan's commercial incentivize peace" by creating job potential in the coffee sector where opportunities for the youth and providing Nespresso had operated to help rebuild the sustained economic growth. industry after years of conflict. Ambassador Kadra Ahmed Hassan, Permanent Representative of Djibouti to the WTO noted that progress in WTO accessions could Nespresso Coffee « Suluja » from South Sudan Accession of Uzbekistan: DDG Alan Wolff’s visit to Tashkent — 19-21 February 2019 At the invitation of the Government of The Government of Uzbekistan expressed its Uzbekistan, WTO Deputy-Director General strong desire to join the WTO as soon as Alan Wm. Wolff participated in the possible, and highlighted the reform efforts International Conference "Central Asian undertaken so far. Connectivity: Challenges and New Opportunities", on 19-20 February 2019. In his It was also noted that all necessary intervention, he highlighted the contributions institutional arrangements to support the that the WTO could make to realising the WTO accession process had been put in place. potential of Central Asia through increased These included the appointment of Deputy connectivity and greater integration, including Minister Abidov as Chief Negotiator for WTO through WTO accession, the implementation Accession, the establishment of the Inter- of the TFA and a platform to discuss new rules Agency Commission on WTO Accession Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Ganiyev on e-commerce. chaired by the Minister, and the establishment of a new Department On the margins of the Conference, he met dedicated to WTO affairs at the Ministry of with senior government officials to discuss Investments and Foreign Trade. Uzbekistan's accession to the WTO. These included: Mr. Elyor Ganiyev, Deputy Prime Minister; Mr Sardor Umurzakov, Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade; Mr. Badriddin Abidov, Deputy Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade and Chief Negotiator for WTO Accession; Mr Jamshid Khodjaev, Minister of Agriculture; Mr. Abdulaziz Kamilov, Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Mr. Sadyk Safayev, First Meeting with Mr Khodjaev, Minister of Agriculture Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Uzbekistan. DDG Wolff speaking to local journalists Meeting with Mr Umurzakov, Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade, and Mr Abidov, Deputy Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade and Chief Negotiator for WTO Accession 2 N° 92 — February/March 2019 Accession of Uzbekistan: Working Party Chairperson, Ambassador Ji-Ah Paik’s visit to Tashkent— 12-13 March 2019 Accompanied by the Secretariat, Ambassador Regime, and expressed its desire to officially Ji-ah Paik (Republic of Korea), Chairperson of resume the Working Party around the the Working Party on the Accession of summer break, following the submission of all Uzbekistan, visited Tashkent on 12-13 March required negotiating inputs. The Secretariat 2019. During her visit, she met with Mr. reiterated its readiness to provide technical Sardor Umurzakov, Minister of Investments assistance. and Foreign Trade; Mr. Badriddin Abidov, Deputy Minister of Investments and Foreign In addition to these meetings, the Chairperson Meeting with Mr Saifnazarov, Deputy Minister of Economy Trade and Chief Negotiator for WTO opened a workshop on “WTO Accession and and Industry Accession; Mr. Ilkhom Nematov, First Deputy Economic Development: The Experiences of Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Mr. Sakhib Korea and the Implications for Uzbekistan”, Saifnazarov, Deputy Minister of Economy and organised by the Korean Institute for Industry. She welcomed the Government's International Economic Policy (KIEP), on 12 efforts to resume the accession process after March. At the workshop, Korean researchers more than a decade of dormancy and presented on Korea's achievements and conveyed the WTO Membership's readiness challenges in global trade, and its experience to engage with Uzbekistan. on agriculture and SPS issues in the WTO. On the accession process, the Government On the margins of the Chairperson's visit, the informed the Chairperson of the state of International Trade Centre (ITC) also preparation of accession documents, organized a "Round Table on Uzbekistan's Visit to Artel Production Plant including the Memorandum on Foreign Trade WTO Accession:
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