Trade Policy Review Body

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The Trade Policy Review Body is a key World Trade Organization forum in which members collectively examine and evaluate each other’s trade policies and practices to promote transparency and adherence to WTO rules.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf WTO body ⓘ
international organization organ ⓘ
aimsTo enhance transparency ⓘ
facilitate smoother functioning of the multilateral trading system ⓘ
promote better understanding of trade policies ⓘ
basedOn Annex 3 of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the WTO ⓘ
composedOf all WTO members ⓘ
cooperatesWith other WTO councils and committees ⓘ
establishedIn 1995 ⓘ
frequencyDeterminedBy member’s share in world trade ⓘ
governedBy Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ⓘ
hasAbbreviation TPRB ⓘ
hasMandate conduct trade policy reviews of WTO members ⓘ
evaluate the impact of members’ trade policies on the multilateral trading system ⓘ
monitor adherence to WTO rules and commitments ⓘ
promote transparency in members’ trade policies ⓘ
hasMemberType WTO member governments ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
hasParentOrganization General Council of the World Trade Organization ⓘ
hasProcedure discussion of Secretariat and government reports ⓘ
peer review of members’ trade policies ⓘ
question-and-answer sessions among members ⓘ
implements Trade Policy Review Mechanism ⓘ
legalBasis Annex 3 of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the WTO ⓘ
locatedIn Geneva ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
meetsAt WTO headquarters ⓘ
monitors implementation of WTO obligations through trade policy reviews ⓘ
partOf World Trade Organization ⓘ
precededBy GATT Trade Policy Review Mechanism ⓘ
produces minutes of review meetings ⓘ
trade policy review reports ⓘ
reportsTo General Council of the World Trade Organization ⓘ
reviews trade policies of WTO members ⓘ
trade practices of WTO members ⓘ
reviewsLessFrequently smallest traders ⓘ
reviewsMoreFrequently largest traders ⓘ
subjectArea international trade ⓘ
multilateral trading system oversight ⓘ
trade policy transparency ⓘ
supportedBy Trade Policy Review Division of the WTO Secretariat ⓘ
WTO Secretariat ⓘ
usesInstrument Trade Policy Review Mechanism ⓘ
usesWorkingLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
website https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tpr_e/tpr_e.htm ⓘ

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WTO Secretariat → supportsBody → Trade Policy Review Body ⓘ