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MAIN OBJECTIVES AND CURRENT STATE
OF ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO)
The Republic of Belarus began to
negotiate its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO — formerly
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)) in 1993 when the
GATT established a Working Party on Belarus’ accession. Since then a
considerable amount of work has been done by over 30 ministries,
committees and other government agencies involved in the process of
adjusting the country’s foreign trade regime to the GATT/WTO standards.
In the negotiation process the
Belarusian side is guided by the principle of providing an adequate
protection of the economic interests of the country after accession to
the WTO.
The coordination of the accession
process falls within the responsibility of the Intergovernmental
Commission on the Accession of the Republic of Belarus to the WTO.
Andrey Kobyakov, the Deputy Prime-Minister – Minister of Economy of the
Republic of Belarus is appointed the Head of the Commission. The
Commission's membership includes representatives of about 30
ministries, committees and other government agencies involved in the
process of adjusting the country's foreign trade regime to the GATT/WTO
standards.
From 1997 through 2003 four rounds of
multilateral negotiations were held with the WTO Member-States, in the
course of which the basic elements of the foreign trade regime of
Belarus were brought under discussion. Furthermore, position of Belarus
during negotiations on market access was drafted and subsequently
reviewed in the WTO format of the revised offers on goods and services.
Finally, an intergovernmental framework for broad-ranging consultations
within the Customs Union, as well as with the Russian Federation on a
bilateral basis, has been developed in order to coordinate economic
integration with the WTO accession.
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National Centre for
Marketing and Price Study
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Online Catalogue of
Belarusian Goods, Services and Companies
at the National
Centre for Marketing and Price Study
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Internet resource on investment potential of Belarus
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Belarus Investment Projects
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Belarus
Innovation Projects
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