REPORT (2025) OF THE COMMITTEE ON
TRADE-RELATED INVESTMENT MEASURES
(ADOPTED 9 OCTOBER 2025)
1.1. 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 11 October 2024 - 9 October 2025.
1.2. The Committee met formally on 27 March and 9 October 2025.
The meetings were chaired respectively by Dr Ahmed DIAB (Egypt) and Ms Maryam ABDULAZIZ
ALDOSERI (Kingdom of Bahrain). The minutes of these meetings may be found in
documents _G/TRIMS/M/57 and _G/TRIMS/M/58.[1] The 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.
2 NOTIFICATIONS
2.1. Pursuant to Article 5.1 of the TRIMs Agreement, Members were
required to notify any trade‑related investment measure ("TRIM")
inconsistent with the Agreement within 90 days after the entry into force of
the WTO Agreement. Article 5.2 allows for transition periods for the
elimination of measures notified under Article 5.1 and which were in existence
at least 180 days preceding the entry into force of the WTO Agreement. Pursuant
to a decision of the General Council in April 1995, governments eligible
to become original WTO Members that accepted the WTO Agreement after
1 January 1995 had 90 days after the date of their acceptance of the
WTO Agreement to make the notifications foreseen in Article 5.1, with the
period for the elimination of TRIMs notified under Article 5.1 governed by
reference to the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement.[2] Annex 1 lists all
notifications of measures under Article 5.1. In the case of some Members,
notifications have been submitted later than the 90-day period foreseen. Some
Members have notified that they do not apply any TRIM inconsistent with the
Agreement. Annex 2 lists all Members that have made such notifications.
2.2. Article 6.2 provides for notification of publications in which
information on TRIMs can be found. Annex 3 lists the Members that have
submitted such notifications. Since the last report, no new notification was
received. As agreed by the Committee at its meeting on 20 May 2009,
the Secretariat has circulated a reminder[3] containing guidance
regarding the requirements of Article 6.2 and its related decision. The
reminder also requests all Members that have never notified such publications
to do so without delay and that all Members that previously notified update
their notifications, if appropriate, without delay. The latest updated list of
notifications has been circulated in document _G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.40.
3 COMMUNICATIONS
BY MEMBERS AND RELATED DISCUSSIONS
3.1. During this reporting period, the Committee held discussions on eight
(8) issues already discussed in previous reporting periods.
3.2. Issues raised in previous meetings of the Committee included: (i) China
– Draft of Chinese recommended national standard (GB/T) for office devices
(information security technology-security specification for office devices),
item requested by Japan; (ii) China – The Government Procurement Law of the
People's Republic of China (The Amendment Draft), item requested by Japan; (iii)
India ‒ Import restriction on air conditioners, item requested
by Japan[4]; (iv) Indonesia –
Comprehensive Review of Localization Measures, item requested by the United
States, the European Union and Japan[5]; (v) Indonesia ‒ Import
restriction on carpets and other textiles, item requested by Japan[6]; (vi) Indonesia ‒ Import
restriction on air conditioners, item requested by Japan[7]; (vii) Kazakhstan –
Preferences for domestic agricultural machinery, item requested by the United
States; (viii) Pakistan – Automobile Industry Development Policy,
item requested by Japan.
3.3. In addition, at its meeting of 9 October 2025, the Committee held a
discussion on actions taken and possible future actions to improve the submission
of notifications under Article 6.2 of the TRIMs Agreement.
4 TRAINING
SESSIONS ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE COMMITTEE
4.1. As part of the steps agreed on by Members to improve the functioning
of the Committee (_G/TRIMS/15), the Secretariat provided – during the review period – one
training session on the functioning of the Committee on 28 November 2024.
The audio/video of the training sessions along with the presentations could be
found on the Committee's webpage [WTO | Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures].
5 ELECTION
OF OFFICERS
5.1. On 27 May 2025, the Council for Trade in Goods ("CTG")
appointed Ms Maryam ABDULAZIZ ALDOSERI (Kingdom of Bahrain) as Chairperson of
the Committee. As per the Committee's decision on 27 March 2025[8], a communication was sent
to the Membership in this respect on 27 May and as no written objection was
received, Ms ALDOSERI was elected as the Chairperson of the Committee on 3 June
2025.
[3] The reminder for 2025 was circulated in document _G/TRIMS/W/179.
[5] _G/TRIMS/Q/IDN/5;
_G/TRIMS/Q/IDN/6;
_G/TRIMS/Q/IDN/7
and _G/TRIMS/Q/IDN/8.
[6] _G/TRIMS/Q/IDN/9
and _G/TRIMS/Q/IDN/11.
[7] _G/TRIMS/Q/IDN/10
and _G/TRIMS/Q/IDN/12.
[8] Committee minutes contained in document _G/TRIMS/M/57.
[9] Bolivia subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it
does not apply any trade-related investment measures that are not in conformity
with the Agreement (_G/TRIMS/N/1/BOL/1/Add.1).
[10] Chile subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it has
eliminated measures notified under Article 5.1 (_G/TRIMS/N/1/CHL/1/Add.1).
[11] Colombia subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it
had issued Decree No. 1473 of 10 May 2004, whereby Decree No. 2439 of 1994
establishing import control mechanisms for certain agricultural products had
been repealed (_G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/3).
[12] Costa Rica subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it
intended to eliminate measures notified under Article 5.1 in advance of the
expiry of the transition period (_G/TRIMS/N/1/CRI/1/Add.1).
[13] Cuba subsequently informed the Committee that the measures notified
by Cuba under Article 5.1 are no longer in force (_G/TRIMS/M/3,
paragraph 5).
[14] This notification superseded Cyprus' previous one (_G/TRIMS/N/1/CYP/1) of 29 June 1995; Cyprus subsequently
submitted a notification indicating that it has eliminated measures notified
under Article 5.1 (_G/TRIMS/N/1/CYP/2/Add.1).
[15] Mexico subsequently submitted a notification indicating that all
provisions under the Automotive Decree had ceased to be operative as of 1
January 2004 (_G/C/42).
[17] Nigeria subsequently submitted a notification indicating that the
Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Act of 1989 has been repealed and replaced
with the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission Decree 1995 (_G/TRIMS/N/1/NGA/1/Add.1).
[18] Poland subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it has
eliminated measures notified under Article 5.1 (_G/TRIMS/N/1/POL/1/Add.1).
[19] A Corrigendum to the English version was issued in _G/TRIMS/N/1/CRI/1/Add.1/Corr.1,
dated 26 October 1999.