Trade Facilitation in Relation to Development - Communication from the European Communities
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WT/COMTD/W/60
10 March 1999 (99-0958) Council for Trade in Goods Original: English
trade facilitation
Trade Facilitation in relation to Development
Communication from the European Communities
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Trade facilitation constitutes an important component of development policy. To succeed, however it requires political commitment, the setting of clear policy goals, partnership between private and public sectors, and cooperation between international organisations. The creation in WTO of basic rules on trade facilitation will underline and secure the political commitment of WTO Members, and set the international policy framework needed to guide it in a consistent direction. A framework of rules will in turn help harness private sector support. An integral part of any WTO agreement on trade facilitation should be concrete commitments on capacity building supported by WTO Members in partnership with inter