The African Growth and Opportunity Act is a different example of a bilateral preferential trade agreement.

Calls upon the Member States to accede to the Framework Agreement on Trade Preferential System so as to take part in the trade negotiation under the Agreement.

Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern Africa

of the Authority of the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern

The non discrimination principle ensured that global trade did not become a spaghetti bowl of preferential bilateral trade agreements.

Preferential market access for LDCs in developing countries would also facilitate South South trade.

The Inter Trade Collective Agreement

North American Free Trade Agreement

The preferential treatment covers about 75 per cent of bilateral trade turnaround between the two countries.

Even for countries that enjoyed preferential trading agreements such as those parties to the Cotonou Agreement between the European Union and ACP countries, these stringent standards reduced the value of trade preferences.

Despite various preferential trade arrangements with its main trading partners, Africa's external trade continues to be hindered by a host of non tariff barriers and excessive market entry requirements that nullify the market access granted under preferential tariff regimes.

The Plurilateral Trade Agreements (Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft, Agreement on Government Procurement, International Dairy Agreement and International Bovine Meat Agreement) are contained in annex 4.

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

African nations have been a part of the recent proliferation of bilateral and subregional preferential trade agreements.

Expresses its appreciation to the Republic of Turkey for hosting successfully and conducting efficiently the first round of trade negotiations within the framework of the Agreement on Trade Preferential System among Islamic Countries held in Antalya, Turkey from April 2004 to April 2005.

And the Cotonou Agreement provides preferential market access to the European Union by African, Caribbean and Pacific countries.

Notwithstanding these constraints, Mauritius has a preferential tariff treatment on imports from and exports to States members of regional groupings, such as the Preferential Trade Area and the Indian Ocean Commission.

Preferential trade and investment agreements similarly intensified among developing countries in the 1990s, rising to 49 in 2004.

Consideration of the decline in preferential treatment should not stand in the way of trade liberalization within WTO.

Unless sufficient compensatory arrangements were made and preferential treatment accorded, those countries would not benefit from trade liberalization.

Permanent Representative, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and World Trade Organization

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

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GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

8. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

14. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

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W. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

Minor blocs or trade agreements are the G3 Free Trade Agreement, the Dominican Republic Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR CAFTA) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

Regional groupings among developing countries are endeavouring to achieve the above objectives within the framework of preferential trade agreements.

Asian FDI in other developing countries in response to quotas and various preferential trade arrangements is a good example.

The largest trade value within this range has been for unwrought aluminum (Mozambique), under a preferential margin of 6 .

(a) Trade policies in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and elsewhere

Under the Economic Complementarities Agreement 22 between Chile and Bolivia, Chile granted preferential access to Bolivia for some 500 customs tariff lines and Bolivia granted preferential access to Chile for about 480 tariff lines.

First, any trade agreement has to be symmetrical.

Today, that means a transatlantic free trade agreement.

Australia Thailand Free Trade Agreement, 5 July 2004

Australia Thailand Free Trade Agreement, 5 July 2004.

18. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

Statutory (preferential) creditors

Preferential trade is very important for several LDCs, considering the substantial socio economic impact of the sectors benefiting from preferences.

Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights of the World Trade Organization172