The third meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission for work with the World Trade Organization takes place
26/12/2019 11:50
The third meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission for work with the World Trade Organization takes place
26/12/2019 11:50
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) – On 25 December, the third meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission for work with the World Trade Organization, headed by Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade Sardor Umurzakov, took place.
The resumption of the WTO accession process is indicated in the Strategy for the Further Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2017-2021 and is one of the key areas of development of the country's foreign economic activity for its integration into the multilateral trading system.
In this regard, it is emphasized that the process of joining the WTO is an important task and requires solving a set of issues affecting the country's economy as a whole.
It was noted that along with the Memorandum on the regime of foreign trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the WTO Secretariat has submitted 12 additional documents covering various aspects of the foreign trade regime of the republic, including 7 annexes to this document, information on the application of the WTO Agreements on customs valuation, technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, trade aspects of intellectual property rights, as well as a plan of measures to adapt national legislation to WTO agreements.
At the same time, the fundamental importance of further enhancing the effectiveness of the Interdepartmental Commission, the Negotiating Group and thematic working groups on the preparation of documents related to accession to the WTO was emphasized.
As a result of the meeting, it was decided to create a permanent expert group from among the employees of the involved ministries and departments of the republic to develop proposals and recommendations on pressing issues of the Commission and its Work Plan for 2020.
Corresponding instructions were also given to intensify work in preparation for the fourth meeting of the Working Group created by the Member States of the WTO on the accession of the Republic of Uzbekistan to this organization at its headquarters in Geneva (Switzerland), including the formation of the necessary documents.
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