PRESS RELEASE: PRESS/TPRB/267
3 and 5 July 2006

TRADE POLICY REVIEW: TOGO

Socio-political stability and ambitious reforms could improve economic performance

Socio-political stability, ambitious reforms, and intensification of multilateral commitments on trade in goods and services could create a business friendly climate in Togo and make its trade regime more transparent, more credible and more predictable, according to a WTO Secretariat report on the trade policies and practices of Togo.

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Such reforms would consolidate the current macro economic situation and stimulate much needed private investment now almost absent because of, inter alia, the socio-political instability in Togo and its poor macroeconomic performance. The report notes that such efforts would be supported by the international community through enhanced market access for Togo’s goods and services, and favourable response to its technical assistance needs.

The WTO report, along with a policy statement by the Government, will be the basis for the Trade Policy Review (TPR) by the Trade Policy Review Body of the WTO.

The following documents are available in MS Word format.

  

Note  back to top

Trade Policy Reviews are an exercise, mandated in the WTO agreements, in which member countries’ trade and related policies are examined and evaluated at regular intervals. Significant developments that may have an impact on the global trading system are also monitored. For each review, two documents are prepared: a policy statement by the government of the member under review, and a detailed report written independently by the WTO Secretariat. These two documents are then discussed by the WTO’s full membership in the Trade Policy Review Body (TPRB). These documents and the proceedings of the TPRB’s meetings are published shortly afterwards.

Print copies of previous TPR publications are available for sale from the WTO Secretariat, Centre William Rappard, 154 rue de Lausanne, 1211 Genève 21 and through the on-line bookshop.

The TPR publications are also available from our co-publisher Bernan Press, 4611-F Assembly Drive, Lanham, MD 20706-4391, United States.

 

Schedule of forthcoming reviews  back to top

Nicaragua : 24 and 26 July 2006
Bangladesh : 13 and 15 September 2006
Congo : 27 and 29 September 2006