The Development of Trade Policies in the Asia and Pacific Region over the past 30 years since 1989

Reviews take place in the General Council, operating as the Trade Policy Review Body as peer-group assessments. This paper aims to identify the main trade liberalization/reform measures adopted over the 30 years and, to the extent possible, their developments, including adoption and abolition.3 The main source of information is the documentation used for the WTO trade policy reviews (TPRs) of 30 Members within the Asia-Pacific region, in particular, the reports by the Secretariat.4 Between 1989 and August 2019, 132 reviews for these Members were conducted; all documents used for the TPRs are available in the public domain.

While TPRs cover a comprehensive set of trade and related policies and measures, including intellectual property and trade in services, this paper focuses on the main measures directly affecting imports and exports, such as customs valuation, tariffs, and export taxes. It also focuses on the developments of the Members' effort to improve the transparency of their trade policies and measures.

No: ERSD-2020-05

Auteurs: Mr. Masahiro Hayafuji

Date de rédaction: février 2020

Mots clés:

trade policy review; trade policies; trade restrictions; trade facilitation

Cotes JEL:

F13; F14; F61;

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Ce document est un document de travail et concerne donc des recherches en cours. Les opinions qui y sont exprimées sont celles de ses auteurs. Elles ne sont pas censées représenter la position ou les opinions de l’OMC ou de ses Membres et sont sans préjudice des droits et obligations des Membres dans le cadre de l'Organisation. Les auteurs sont seuls responsables en cas d’erreur.

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