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 Trade Policy Reviews

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). All WTO members are reviewed, the frequency of each country’s review varying according to its share of world trade.

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Introductory material back to top

Brief introduction

Trade policy reviews: ensuring transparency
In “Understanding the WTO” the basic introduction to the WTO

> Video: TPRs and Least-Developed Countries

  
  
The reviews back to top

Search Documents Online
Trade Policy Reviews documents use the code WT/TPR/* and press releases PRESS/TPRB/* (where * takes additional values)
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  • Programme of reviews: 2005 (Document code WT/TPR/* and Title "programme of reviews for 2004")    > search    > help
  • Reports by the Governments (Document code WT/TPR/G/*) 
       > search    > help
  • Reports by the Secretariat (Document code WT/TPR/S/*) 
       > search    > help
  • Minutes of the Trade Policy Review Body meetings — “Minutes of the meetings are circulated to WTO members for comment before they are finalized. They are normally available online four weeks after the meeting.” (Document code WT/TPR/M/*) 
        > search    > help

  
  
Legal foundation back to top

Browse or download the text of the “Trade Policy Review Mechanism” from the legal texts gateway

Find decisions of WTO bodies concerning the TPRM in the Analytical Index — Guide to WTO Law and Practice

  
Trade Policy Review Body back to top

Trade Policy Review Body (TPRB)

WTO Secretariat’s Trade Policy Review Division
  

Search Documents Online
These links open a new window: allow a moment for the results to appear.

  • Annual reports of the Trade Policy Review Body (TPRB) (Document code WT/TPR/* and keyword “report”)    > search    > help
  • Annual Reports by the Director-General — Overview of Developments in the International Trading Environment (Document code WT/TPR/OV/* and keyword “annual report”)    > search    > help

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. code number), full text search or document date.

 
 
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Bibliography
List of TPRM-related articles, books and other publications written outside the WTO. Further contributions are invited.

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 Summaries of reviews from the last 12 months
 
 March 2005 Mongolia
February 2005 Qatar
February 2005 Sierra Leone
January 2005 Japan
January 2005 Jamaica
December 2004 Switzerland/Liechtenstein
November 2004 Brazil
October 2004 European Communities
October 2004 Norway
September 2004 Rwanda
September 2004 Republic of Korea
 July 2004 Suriname
July 2004 Belize
June 2004 Mali
June 2004 Burkina Faso
June 2004 Benin
June 2004 Singapore

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