World Trade Organization Annual Report 2002 WTO Members (As of 15 April 2002) Albania Gambia Netherlands Angola Georgia New Zealand Antigua and Barbuda Germany Nicaragua Argentina Ghana Niger Australia Greece Nigeria Austria Grenada Norway Bahrain, Kingdom of Guatemala Oman Bangladesh Guinea Bissau Pakistan Barbados Guinea, Rep.of Panama Belgium Guyana Papua New Guinea Belize Haiti Paraguay Benin Honduras Peru Bolivia Hong Kong, China Philippines Botswana Hungary Poland Brazil Iceland Portugal Brunei Darussalam India Qatar Bulgaria Indonesia Romania Burkina Faso Ireland Rwanda Burundi Israel St. Kitts and Nevis Cameroon Italy St. Lucia Canada Jamaica St. Vincent & the Grenadines Central African Rep. Japan Senegal Chad Jordan Sierra Leone Chile Kenya Singapore China Korea, Rep. of Slovak Republic Chinese Taipei Kuwait Slovenia Colombia Kyrgyz Republic Solomon Islands Congo Latvia South Africa Congo, Dem. Rep. of the Lesotho Spain Costa Rica Liechtenstein Sri Lanka Côte d’Ivoire Lithuania Suriname Croatia Luxembourg Swaziland Cuba Macao, China Sweden Cyprus Madagascar Switzerland Czech Republic Malawi Tanzania Denmark Malaysia Thailand Djibouti Maldives Togo Dominica Mali Trinidad and Tobago Dominican Republic Malta Tunisia Ecuador Mauritania Turkey Egypt Mauritius Uganda El Salvador Mexico United Arab Emirates Estonia Moldova United Kingdom European Communities Mongolia United States of America Fiji Morocco Uruguay Finland Mozambique Venezuela France Myanmar Zambia Gabon Namibia Zimbabwe This report is also available in French and Spanish (Price: SFr 50) To order, please contact: WTO Publications World Trade Organization 154, rue de Lausanne - CH-1211 Geneva 21 Tel: (+41 22) 739 52 08 or 53 08 - Fax: (+41 22) 739 54 58 Email: [email protected] ISSN 1020-4997 ISBN 92-870-1221-0 Printed in France VII-2002-3,000 © World Trade Organization 2002 Table of Contents Chapter One – Overview Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................... 2 The Doha Development Agenda ............................................................................................................................................ 2 Assisting developing and least-developed countries............................................................................................................... 3 Fuller participation by civil society ......................................................................................................................................... 4 Chapter Two - World trade developments Main features ....................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Merchandise trade and output developments ........................................................................................................................ 10 Trade developments in value terms........................................................................................................................................ 13 Trade outlook........................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Commodity Prices and Export Earnings of Developing Countries ............................................................................................ 17 Chapter Three – Overview of developments in the international trading environment Trade policy trends in WTO Members..................................................................................................................................... 30 Chapter Four – WTO activities PART I................................................................................................................................................................................... 50 The Ministerial Conference.................................................................................................................................................... 50 WTO accession negotiations.................................................................................................................................................. 52 Work of the General Council ................................................................................................................................................. 53 Trade in goods ...................................................................................................................................................................... 58 Trade in services.................................................................................................................................................................... 74 Trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS).................................................................................................... 77 Resolution of trade conflicts under the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Understanding................................................................... 79 Trade Policy Review Mechanism............................................................................................................................................. 111 Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions.................................................................................................................... 112 Committee on Regional Trade Agreements............................................................................................................................. 112 Committee on Trade and Development .................................................................................................................................. 114 Committee on Trade and Environment ................................................................................................................................... 118 Plurilateral Agreements ......................................................................................................................................................... 119 PART II.................................................................................................................................................................................. 121 Technical cooperation............................................................................................................................................................ 121 Training activities .................................................................................................................................................................. 122 Cooperation with other international organizations and relations with civil society................................................................. 122 Annex I – Recent publications............................................................................................................................................... 129 Annex II – Trade Policy Review Body – Concluding remarks by the Chair of the Trade Policy Review Body .............................. 133 Chapter Five – Organization, Secretariat and budget The organization ................................................................................................................................................................... 152 WTO Secretariat: Divisions..................................................................................................................................................... 157 WTO budget 2002 ................................................................................................................................................................ 162 III List of tables, charts and boxes Chapter Two - World Trade Developments Chart II.1 Trade and output decline synchronously in major markets, 1996-2001 .................................................. 9 Chart II.2 Growth in the volume of world merchandise exports and GDP, 1990-2001............................................ 10 Chart II.3 Real GDP growth by region in 2000 and 2001...................................................................................... 11 Chart II.4 Growth in the volume of merchandise trade by region in 2001.............................................................. 12 Table II.1 World exports of merchandise and commercial services, 1990-2001...................................................... 13 Table II.2 Growth in the value of merchandise trade by region, 1990-2001 .......................................................... 13 Table II.3 Merchandise trade of Africa, 1990-2001............................................................................................... 14 Table II.4 Merchandise trade of developing countries, 1990-2001 ........................................................................ 15 Table II.5 Growth in the value of commercial services trade by region, 1990-2001 ............................................... 16 Chart II.5 Price developments in international trade, 1990-2001........................................................................... 18 Chart II.6 Primary products’ long term decline in developing countries merchandise exports, 1955-2001 .............. 19 Chart II.7 Share of primary products in merchandise exports of developing regions, 1970-2001............................ 19 Chart II.8 Share of primary products in developing countries