TRADE FACILITATION: NEWS AND REPORTS ON THE NEGOTIATIONS

• WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement enters into force
  by Kanaga Raja (03 Mar 17)
• TFA ratified by 70 WTO members to date, PCTF told
  by Kanaga Raja (11 Mar 16)
• Less than half of total to bring TFA into force
  by Kanaga Raja (20 Oct 15)
• TFA entry into force unlikely before Nairobi meet
  by Kanaga Raja (30 Mar 15)
• Positions unchanged on TF, no consensus on next PCTF meet
  by Kanaga Raja (07 Oct 14)
• WTO TF PrepCom to meet on 29 September
  by Kanaga Raja (25 Sept 14)
• Supports announced for WTO TFA insufficient or misdirected
  by Jeronim Capaldo (04 Aug 14)
• Will the WTO fast-track trade at the expense of food security?
  by Timothy A. Wise & Jeronim Capaldo (04 Aug 14)
• Trade facilitation may result in trade hallucination
  by Jeronim Capaldo (04 Aug 14)
• The uncertain gains from Trade Facilitation
  by Jeronim Capaldo (04 Aug 14)
• Misplaced claims of deadline sanctity for TFA
  by Chakravarthi Raghavan (01 Aug 14)
• India reiterates stand on TF Protocol
  by Mani Candan (21 Jul 14)
• TFA's entry must be conditioned on development outcomes
  by Kanaga Raja (21 Jul 14)
• TF legal texts adopted, but still no consensus on Protocol
  by Kanaga Raja (21 Jul 14)
• South stress on para 47 of Doha Declaration at TF meeting
  by Kanaga Raja (11 Jul 14)
• Azevedo renews his pitch for completion of TF agreement
  by Chakravarthi Raghavan (02 Jul 14)
• Legal review of Trade Facilitation Agreement completed
  by Kanaga Raja (14 May 14)
• Preparatory Committee begins legal review of TF Agreement
  by Kanaga Raja (23 Apr 14)
• Work plan presented at Trade Facilitation committee
  by Kanaga Raja (05 Mar 14)
• Philippine envoy to chair new Trade Facilitation committee
  by Kanaga Raja (17 Feb 14)
• Experts caution against rush into a trade facilitation agreement by Kanaga Raja (20 Nov 13)
• South stresses technical assistance to implement TF accord by Kanaga Raja (25 Oct 13)
• Trade Facilitation Chair bemoans lack of flexibility, talks not on track for Bali by Kanaga Raja (29 Jul 13)
• Say ‘No' to binding TF deal, urge NGOs by Kanaga Raja (20 Jun 13)
• Progress on S&D lagging behind in TF talks, says South by Kanaga Raja (05 Jun 13)
• Progress on trade facilitation "too slow" for a deal in Bali - Chair by Kanaga Raja (09 Apr 13)
• Chair outlines plans for work on trade facilitation by Kanaga Raja (18 Feb 12)
• WTO Trade Facilitation Group further discusses proposals by Kanaga Raja (11 Oct 07)
• ACP Group wants development focus at WTO's trade facilitation talks (26 Feb 06)
• Trade Facilitation in WTO: Developing Countries Stress Need to Clarify Scope of Negotiations (24 May 05)
• North-South contrast in trade facilitation talks (17 Feb 05)
• Wrangle continues on the Singapore Issues (06 July 04)
• Developing countries against trade facilitation rules in WTO (28 June 03)