World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2013

The Ninth World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference was held in Bali, Indonesia from 3 to 7 December 2013.[1] The conference was chaired by the Indonesian Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan.[2]

In this conference, 159 members of World Trade Organization agreed to the Bali Package which aims to ease barriers to international trade.[3]

Yemen's agreement was also registered, dependent on the country's membership ratification. [4]

References

  1. ^ "World Trade Organization adopts Bali package, to move ahead on Doha round". Indian Express. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Meetings raise hope of Bali Package". The Hindu. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  3. ^ Bali Ministerial Declaration and decisions Archived 2013-12-18 at the Wayback Machine at WTO official website. Accessed 31 December 2013
  4. ^ "Ministerial Conference approves Yemen's WTO membership". WTO. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

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  1. Special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China, participating as "Hong Kong, China" and "Macao, China".
  2. Officially the Republic of China, participates as "Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu", and "Chinese Taipei" in short.

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