World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade Facilitation: Assessing the Level of Ambition and Likely Impacts

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At the Ninth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) held in Bali on 3–6 December 2013, the ministers agreed upon the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation (ATF). This paper assesses the level of ambition of the ATF from two angles. First, the use of softening language in each provision is examined. Second, the final agreement is compared against the draft text prepared before the Bali conference. Then, the paper considers the likely legal, economic, capacity-building, and reform-inducing impacts of the ATF.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration ; No. 138

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations ; International Agreements and Observance; International Organizations ; International Institutional Arrangements
• Subject: Agreement on Trade Facilitation (ATF) ; Capacity building ; assistance ; obligation ; best endeavor

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hamanaka, Shintaro
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• (where): Manila
• (when): 2014

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/109630
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET