4/6/2023 0 Comments Preferential treatment meaning![]() ![]() You can perform more sophisticated searches from the Documents Online search facility (opens in new window) by defining multiple search criteria such as document symbol (i.e. (Document code TN/CTD/* and not M or R or W) General documents on the Special Sessions of the Committee on Trade and Development Working documents on the Special Sessions of the Committee on Trade and Development Minutes on the Special Sessions of the Committee on Trade and Development (Document code TN/CTD/* and keyword “report”) Reports by the Chairman to the Trade Negotiations Committee These links open a new window: allow a moment for the results to appear. Monitoring Mechanism – Ministerial Decisionĭocuments of the Special Sessions of the Committee on Trade and Development use the code TN/CTD/* (where * takes additional values). The mechanism, which will take place in Dedicated Sessions of the CTD, will provide members with an opportunity to analyse and review all aspects of the implementation of S&D provisions contained in multilateral WTO agreements, Ministerial and General Council Decisions - with the possibility to make recommendations to the relevant WTO bodies - aimed at either improving the implementation of reviewed provisions, or improving the provisions themselves through re-negotiations. The Bali Ministerial Conference in December 2013 established a mechanism to review and analyse the implementation of special and differential treatment provisions. Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration (paragraphs 35-38) The Decision on implementation-related issues and concerns In addition, the Committee is to consider ways in which developing countries, particularly the LDCs, may be assisted to make best use of special and differential treatment. More specifically, the declaration (together with the Decision on Implementation-Related Issues and Concerns) mandates the Committee on Trade and Development (CTD) to identify which of those special and differential treatment provisions are mandatory, and to consider the legal and practical implications of making mandatory those which are currently non-binding. In the Doha Declaration, member governments agreed that all special and differential treatment provisions are an integral part of the WTO agreements, and that these provisions should be reviewed with a view to strengthening them and making them more effective and operational. The latest WTO document setting out the implementation of these S&D provisions is in WT/COMTD/W/258 The WTO Secretariat has made several compilations of the special and differential provisions and their use. provisions related to least-developed country (LDC).support to help developing countries build theĬapacity to carry out WTO work, handle disputes, and implement.provisions requiring all WTO members to safeguard the trade.measures to increase trading opportunities for developing.longer time periods for implementing Agreements and.These provisions are referred to as “special and differential treatment” (S&D) provisions. These special provisions include, for example, longer time periods for implementing Agreements and commitments or measures to increase trading opportunities for developing countries. The WTO Agreements contain special provisions which give developing countries special rights and which give developed countries the possibility to treat developing countries more favourably than other WTO Members. ![]()
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