REPORT (2019) OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN
GOODS
In accordance with the "Procedures
for an Annual Overview of WTO Activities and for Reporting under the WTO"
(WT/L/105), the Council for Trade in Goods (CTG, or the Council) is to report
each year to the General Council on the activities in the Council as well as
those in its subsidiary bodies. The reports are to be "factual in nature,
containing an indication of actions and decisions taken, with cross‑references
to reports of subordinate bodies and could follow the model of the
GATT 1947 Council reports to the CONTRACTING PARTIES".
Since its 2018 Annual
Report (G/L/1282 and G/L/1282/Add.1) was issued, the CTG met three times
in formal session, on the following dates: 11 and 12 April 2019
(G/C/M/134[1]);
8 and 9 July 2019 (G/C/M/135); and 14 and 15 November 2019
(G/C/M/136[2]).
[1] A reconvened meeting took place on Wednesday, 4 June 2019,
to deal with Agenda Item No. 3, "Appointment of Officers to the
Subsidiary Bodies of the Council for Trade in Goods" (see document G/C/M/134/Add.1).
An informal meeting took place before this reconvened meeting.