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.

VIDEOS
Trade Policy Reviews

 

 

> Help on TPRs of European Communities Members

back to top

News 

  

back to top

Introductory material

back to top

The reviews 

Search Documents Online
Trade Policy Reviews documents use the code WT/TPR/* and press releases PRESS/TPRB/* (where * takes additional values)
These links open a new window: allow a moment for the results to appear.

  • 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 — available approximately 6 weeks after the meeting (Document code WT/TPR/M/* and not Add*)
      > search   > help
  • Questions and answers by WTO Members — available approximately 6 weeks after the meeting (Document code WT/TPR/M/* and Add*)
      > search   > help
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

  

back to top

Trade Policy Review Body 

The main role of the Trade Policy Review Body (TPRB) is to undertake Trade Policy Reviews (TPRs) of WTO members, as mandated in Annex 3 to the WTO Agreement. The current chair is .

Full details


 

back to top

Other material 

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

Reports on recent trade developments

In the wake of the financial crisis, the Director-General reports regularly on recent trade developments to the Trade Policy Review Body.

More on trade monitoring

> Problems viewing this page?
Please contact [email protected] giving details of the operating system and web browser you are using.