Working Group on the Relationship between Trade and Investment - Communication from the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu - Ensuring Transparency

World Trade Organization WT/WGTI/W/129 1 July 2002 (02-3649) Working Group on the Relationship between Trade and Investment Original: English communication from the separate customs territory of taiwan, penghu, kinmen and matsu The following communication, dated 28 June 2002, has been received from the Permanent Mission of the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu. _______________ Ensuring Transparency Following up the discussions in the Working Group meeting on April 18 and 19, 2002, the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu considers that some additional inputs on the issues raised in the Secretariat’s note on transparency might be of help for participants to further consider this issue. I. Publication of rules There has been a general consensus among delegations regarding the importance of transparency. We concur with such view. We consider, however, that mere publication of rules might