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Committee for Trade, Industry and Enterprise Development (CTIED) |
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POLICY
SEGMENT "Trade Facilitation in the WTO Context"
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Opportunites and Challenges for Economic Development
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Part I of the Policy Segment will address the following issues:
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Trade facilitation's impact on the competitiveness of companies, nations and regions,
and, thus on economic development
- Objectives of negotiations on trade facilitation in the WTO, with their focus on Articles V, VIII and X of the GATT
- Costs and benefits of trade facilitation measures, and their influence on economic
development
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Moderator:
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H. E. Mr. Luzius Wasescha, Ambassador, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Switzerland |
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Mr. Patrice Robineau, Deputy Executive Secretary of the UNECE, Switzerland |
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H. E. Mr. Don Stephenson, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Canada to the
United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies at Geneva, Switzerland
Mr. Zoran Jolevski, National WTO Coordinator, the Republic of Macedonia
Dr. Carol Cosgrove-Sacks, Director, Trade Development and Timber Division, UNECE |
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Implementation Challenges: The Normative Role of UNECE
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Part II of the Policy Segment will address the following issues:
- Normalization and standardization, and their relevance to particular rules and obligations under the WTO Agreements
- UNECE trade and transport facilitation standards and instruments to address the operational aspects of Articles V, VIII and X of the GATT
- UNECE Capacity Building to enhance implementation of its standards and instruments
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Ms. Ayse ktem, Foreign Trade Expert, Foreign Trade Under-Secretariat, Turkey |
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Ms. Ludivine Tamiotti, Legal Affairs, Trade and Environment Division, WTO, Switzerland
Mr. Guus Jacobs, Chairman of the UNECE Working Party on Customs Questions affecting Transport (WP.30),
Customs Policy and Legislation Directorate, Ministry of Finance, The Netherlands
Mr. Mike Doran, UN/CEFACT Chairman in Office, CERN, Switzerland
Mr. Tom Butterly, Chief-in-Charge, Global Trade Solutions Branch, Trade Development and Timber Division, UNECE, Switzerland
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