Negotiating Group on Rules - Submission on regional trade agreements by the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu - Strengthening the Multilateral Trading System via Open Regionalis[...]iwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu

World Trade Organization TN/RL/W/182 9 June 2005 (05-2370) Negotiating Group on Rules Original: English submission on regional trade agreements by the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu Paper by the Separate Custom Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu The following submission, dated 7 June 2005, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu. _______________ Strengthening the Multilateral Trading System via Open Regionalism: Proposal for Regional Trade Agreements to Contain an Accession Clause for Non-Parties Paper by the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu In this paper, the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu proposes that new provisions be added to Article XXIV of GATT 1994 and Article V of GATS requiring parties to an RTA to allow another interested WTO Member to