Invitation of Comments for Trade Policy Reviews at WTO - (25 - Students

Invitation of Comments for Trade Policy Reviews at WTO - (25-05-2009)

Surveillance of national trade policies is a fundamentally important activity running throughout the work of the WTO. At the centre of this work is the Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM). The reviews take place in the Trade Policy Review Body which is actually the WTO General Council — comprising the WTO’s full membership — operating under special rules and procedures. The objectives of the TPRM include facilitating the smooth functioning of the multilateral trading system by enhancing the transparency of Members’ trade policies. Trade Policy review of the following countries shall be due during the current year:-

New Zealand
Morocco
Guyana
Zambia
South African Customs Union
Chile
Maldives
Niger/Senegal
El Salvador
Georgia

The Members are requested to inform us of any policy measures taken by any country, as aforesaid, that may inhibit or hamper access of Indian services in the Accountancy sector to its markets so that the same could be taken up with the Government of India which could take up the issue at the TPR meetings at the WTO. May please also let us know your concerns in respect of the Accountancy services for the aforesaid countries at ctlwto @ icai.org.

Sd/

CA. Uttam Prakash Agarwal

President, ICAI