Trade Policy Review Body - 22 January 2010 - Overview of Developments in the International Trading Environment - Record of the Meeting - Written statements by Members - Addendum
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World Trade
Organization WT/TPR/OV/M/7/Add.1
5 May 2010 (10-2491) Trade Policy Review Body
22 January 2010
OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
INTERNATIONAL TRADING ENVIRONMENT
Record of the Meeting
Written statements by Members
Addendum
BRAZIL
As the Trade Policy Review Mechanism completes 20 years, a word of praise is in order for its significant contribution to the multilateral trading system. Indeed, through the collective review of trade policies and practices adopted by Members, the mechanism has allowed for a better understanding of such policies, their compliance with and impact on the WTO system.
In the course of its existence, the TPRM has examined at least once the trade policies of the overwhelming majority of WTO’s 153 Members, comprising almost the totality of international trade. Brazil has already been submitted to five reviews, the last of which in March 2009.
The usefulness of the TPRM can also be assessed in the context of this