report (2017) of the committee on

trade-related investment measures

1  GENERAL

1.  This report is submitted pursuant to Article 7.3 of the Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures ("TRIMs Agreement"), which requires the Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures (the "Committee") to report annually to the Council for Trade in Goods. The Report covers the period 18 October 2016 – 6 November 2017.

2.  The Committee met formally on 12 May and 6 November 2017. The first meeting was chaired by Ms Marine Willemetz (Switzerland) and the second meeting was chaired by Mr Ali Alwaleed Al‑Thani (Qatar). The minutes of these meetings may be found in documents G/TRIMS/M/42 and G/TRIMS/M/43, respectively. Both meetings were open to all Members, governments with observer status in the WTO and international intergovernmental organizations to which the Committee has accorded regular observer status (IMF, OECD, UN, UNCTAD and World Bank). Decisions on requests for observer status made by several other international organizations are pending.