REPORT OF THE TPRB FROM THE DIRECTOR‑GENERAL ON
TRADE‑RELATED DEVELOPMENTS

(MID‑OCTOBER 2022 TO MID‑MAY 2023)

Corrigendum*

In page 32, Table 3.11, line 24, should read:

Table 3.11 Number of initiations of safeguard investigations and measures applied, by Member, 2022‑22

n.a.         Not applicable.

e             The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union as of 1 February 2020. The European Union and the United Kingdom communicated that during the transition period, which ended on 31 December 2020, European Union law, with a few limited exceptions, continued to be applicable to and in the United Kingdom. See WTO documents WT/LET/1462, 29 January 2020; and WT/GC/206, 1 February 2020.

f             Member State of the European Union until 1 February 2020.

Source:    WTO Secretariat.

In page 48, para 3.114 should read:

At the 24-25 November 2023 meeting[1] of the Council for Trade in Goods (CTG), 45 trade concerns were raised, the highest number of trade concerns ever raised at a single meeting of the CTG. This number has more than doubled since 2019. Concerns were raised on measures by Australia (2); China (7); Egypt (2); the European Union (11); India (4); Indonesia (2); Mexico (1); Nigeria (1); Pakistan (1); Panama (1) and the Philippines (1); the United Kingdom (2); the United States (7); Viet Nam (1); and on one measure implemented by Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. A concern was also raised by the following Members as a group: the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, the State of Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar (1). Of the 45 trade concerns, 9 related to political tensions between China and the United States, and 7 to unilateral environmental measures with a trade impact.

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