Committee On trade-related Investment Measures - Report (2012) of the Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures

World Trade Organization G/L/1003 2 October 2012 (12-5334) report (2012) of the committee on trade-related investment measures GENERAL 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 October 2011 – October 2012. The Committee met formally on 4 May 2012 under the Chairpersonship of Mr. Patrick Van Gheel (Belgium) and on 1 October 2012 under the Chairpersonship of Mr. José Estanislau do Amaral (Brazil). The minutes of these meetings may be found in documents G/TRIMS/M/32 and G/TRIMS/M/33, 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, UNCTA