Trade and Investment Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

 
Facilitating the Accession of ESCAP Developing Countries to WTO
through Regional Cooperation (ST/ESCAP/2215)




CONTENTS Page
 
  1. SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND REGOMMENDATIONS

  2. CURRENT STATUS OF THE WTO ACCESSION PROCESS
    AND THE EXPERIENCE OF ESCAP ACCEDING COUNTRIES


    3. Introduction

    1. Benefits of World Trade Organization accession
    2. WTO accession process
    3. Experiences with the accession process
    4. Perceived problems with the accession process for
      developing and least developed countries
    5. Facilitating accession of developing countries
    6. Relevance of special and differential treatment provisions
      to accession
    7. So what can be done?
    8. Improving the accession process for developing countries
    9. What can be done to help ESCAP developing countries
      accede?
    10. Conclusion

    Annexes

  3. COUNTRY PAPERS


    1. Bhutan
    2. Cambodia
    3. Fiji
    4. Lao People's Democratic Republic
    5. Mongolia
    6. Nepal
    7. Thailand
    8. Tonga
    9. Vanuatu
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    Last updated: 3 December 2002