Traduction de «Organe d'examen des politiques commerciales » (Français → Anglais) :

The Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM) was set up as a temporary measure under the GATT in 1989 following the mid-term review of the Uruguay Round.

The WTO Trade Policy Review Body reviews every two years the EU’s trade policy, the previous review being in July 2002.

Negotiations on the EPA’s began during the period covered by this Trade Policy Review.

The WTO must become better at identifying the needs of developing countries in this area, relying more on the work of WTO bodies and Committees, including specific input from the Trade Policy Review process, and bearing in mind that those developing countries who are in greater need of assistance are those least able to articulate convincingly those needs.

Among the Communication's main recommendations are the following: - it recommends a far-reaching review of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) be agreed at the WTO Ministerial Meeting in Singapore. - It recommends giving high priority to standards issues in the WTO accession negotiations of Russia, China, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia and others, and through the WTO Trade Policy Review Mechanism. - It calls for priority to be given to standards and TBT questions in bilateral trade relations, as a major component of the Market Access Strategy launched by the Commission yesterday. - It suggests reviewing whether the EU's relations w ...[+++]ith international standards and rule-making organisations needs to be strengthened. - On Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs), the Communication suggests that synergy be sought between mutual recognition, technical cooperation programmes and international harmonisation of standards and rules.

3.16. Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM) As part of the Gatt institutional reforms, it was agreed that a new mechanism should be set up to examine members' trade policies.