WTO launches intensive consultations on Trade Facilitation Agreement
The Dollar Business Bureau | @TheDollarBiz Multilateral trading system has strong support across the world, says WTO chief Roberto Azevêdo (Pic. source - WTO) Roberto Azevêdo, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has launched “intensive and comprehensive” consultations on taking the Bali Package forward which includes both Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) and concerns on food security raised by India. Members have been asked to report the outcome and in the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) on October 6, 2014. Azevêdo urged members not link TFA with other deals. He said, “There seems to be a clear interplay between concerns relating to the negotiations on public stockholding for food security purposes and the adoption of the protocol of amendment on the ...