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Annual Report 2004 2004 Annual Report WTO Members (As of 31 December 2003) World Trade Organization Trade World Annual Report 2004 Annual ReportAnnual 2004 WTO Members (As of 31 December 2003) Albania Gabon Netherlands Angola Gambia New Zealand Antigua and Barbuda Georgia Nicaragua Argentina Germany Niger Armenia, Rep. of Ghana Nigeria WTO PUBLICATIONS Australia Greece Norway Austria Grenada Oman Bahrain, Kingdom of Guatemala Pakistan INTERNATIONAL TRADE STATISTICS 2004 Bangladesh Guinea Bissau Panama Barbados Guinea, Rep. of Papua New Guinea This report provides comprehensive, Belgium Guyana Paraguay Belize Haiti Peru statistics on trade in merchandise Benin Honduras Philippines and commercial services for an assessment Bolivia Hong Kong, China Poland Botswana Hungary Portugal of world trade flows by country, Brazil Iceland Qatar region and main product groups Brunei Darussalam India Romania or service categories. Bulgaria Indonesia Rwanda Burkina Faso Ireland St. Kitts and Nevis Major trade developments are summarized Burundi Israel St. Lucia and discussed in the first part of the report Cameroon Italy St. Vincent & the Grenadines in the Overview. Detailed trade statistics Canada Jamaica Senegal Central African Rep. Japan Sierra Leone are provided in Appendix tables. Chad Jordan Singapore Chile Kenya Slovak Republic 2004 China Korea, Rep. of Slovenia International Colombia Kuwait Solomon Islands trade statistics Congo Kyrgyz Republic South Africa 2004 Congo, Dem. Rep. of the Latvia Spain Costa Rica Lesotho Sri Lanka November 2004 Côte d’Ivoire Liechtenstein Suriname WTO ISBN 92-870-1241-5 Croatia Lithuania Swaziland Cuba Luxembourg Sweden Price: CHF 50 Cyprus Macao, China Switzerland Czech Republic Madagascar Chinese Taipei Denmark Malawi Tanzania WORLD TRADE REPORT 2004 Djibouti Malaysia Thailand Dominica Maldives Togo The focus of this new publication is Dominican Republic Mali Trinidad and Tobago Ecuador Malta Tunisia specifically on trade policy issues, with Egypt Mauritania Turkey specific chapters dealing with different El Salvador Mauritius Uganda aspects of a central theme. It is meant Estonia Mexico United Arab Emirates European Communities Moldova United Kingdom to complement the Annual Report on WTO Fiji Mongolia United States of America activities and the annual compilation Finland Morocco Uruguay of International Trade Statistics. The World Former Yugoslav Republic of Mozambique Venezuela Macedonia (FYROM) Myanmar Zambia Trade Report 2004 explores coherence France Namibia Zimbabwe in the linkages between trade policy, economic policy, underlying economic This report is also available in French and Spanish (Price: CHF 50.00) conditions and the institutional framework. To order, please contact: WTO Publications World Trade Organization 154, rue de Lausanne - CH-1211 Geneva 21 Tel: (41 22) 739 52 08 - Fax: (41 22) 739 57 92 July 2004 Email: [email protected] ISBN 92-870-1240-7 ISSN 1020-4997 Price: CHF 60 ISBN 92-870-1239-3 Printed in France V-2004-3,000 TO ORDER PLEASE CONTACT: © World Trade Organization 2004 WTO Publications, 154, rue de Lausanne, 1211 Geneva 21, Switzerland Tel: (41 22) 739 52 08 Fax: (41 22) 739 57 92 Email: [email protected] Order through our On-line bookshop at www.wto.org Annual Report 2004 Foreword by the Director-General The increasing public interest in the WTO’s work since its creation in 1995 has been matched by a growing demand for more information about the organization and the multilateral trading system. The WTO Secretariat has worked to meet this expectation by expanding its information activities to include a broader range of publications, an extensive Internet site and numerous outreach activities. Our efforts to inform and to explain the role and work of the WTO draws on the unique expertise of the WTO Secretariat, presented through research reports, periodicals and annual publications. This year we are expanding our list of annual publications to provide four reports which will present detailed information on separate aspects of the WTO and its work. The current Annual Report is published each spring as a guide and compendium covering the institutional aspects of the WTO, its regular activities, the work of WTO Members, and the Secretariat’s budget and staff. TheWorld Trade Report, published at mid- year, was launched in 2003. Its purpose is to research and analyze problems and issues which currently confront the global trading system. In the fall of each year the WTO will continue to publish its detailed compilation of International Trade Statistics. The fourth annual publication, made public at the end of each year, is my report to the General Council of the WTO to inform on developments in the international trading environment. These four annual publications constitute a comprehensive review of trade issues, developments and initiatives for each year. They are part of the WTO’s continuing efforts to work in a manner which is transparent, informative and in tune with the expectations of the public around the world. Supachai Panitchpakdi Director-General III Table of Contents Chapter One – Overview Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Trade developments .............................................................................................................................................................. 3 The Doha Development Agenda ............................................................................................................................................ 3 The Fifth Ministerial Conference ............................................................................................................................................ 5 WTO regular activity.............................................................................................................................................................. 6 Chapter Two – WTO activities PART I................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 The Ministerial Conference.................................................................................................................................................... 10 The Doha Development Agenda (DDA) .................................................................................................................................. 12 WTO accession negotiations.................................................................................................................................................. 35 Work of the General Council ................................................................................................................................................. 35 Trade in goods ...................................................................................................................................................................... 37 Trade in services.................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS).................................................................................................... 49 Resolution of trade conflicts under the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Understanding................................................................... 49 Trade Policy Review Mechanism............................................................................................................................................. 67 Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions.................................................................................................................... 68 Committee on Regional Trade Agreements............................................................................................................................. 68 Committee on Trade and Development .................................................................................................................................. 70 Committee on Trade and Environment ................................................................................................................................... 74 Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration................................................................................................................ 74 Plurilateral Agreements ......................................................................................................................................................... 74 PART II.................................................................................................................................................................................. 75 Cooperation with other international organizations and relations with civil society................................................................. 75 Public information activities................................................................................................................................................... 83 Annex I – Trade Policy Review Body – Concluding remarks by the Chair of the Trade Policy Review Body ............................... 84 Annex II – WTO publications ................................................................................................................................................. 99 Chapter
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