Transcript Issues on Research on Trade and Development Observations

Aid for Trade
Concepts, Categories, Commitments
Dr. Regine Qualmann – GTZ Sector Programme on Trade
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Concepts
 WTO Task Force on Aid for Trade
 Trade Liberalisation will not translate into development if countries
lack capacities to trade
 Two pronged approach:
 continue building capacity to negotiate trade agreements, expand
from multilateral to regional
 Enhance support to developing capacity to trade
 Re-launch Integrated Framework for LDCs as a holistic approach to
trade policy analysis and implementation, address ownership issues
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OECD – WTO Definitions of AfT Categories
1. Trade policy and regulations:
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trade policy and planning,
trade facilitation,
regional trade agreements,
multilateral trade negotiations,
multi sector wholesale/ retail trade and trade promotion.
Includes training of trade officials, analysis of proposals and positions and their
impact, support for national stakeholders to articulate commercial interest and
identify trade-offs, dispute issues
 institutional and technical support to facilitate implementation of trade agreements
and to adapt to and comply with rules and standards.
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2. Trade development:
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investment promotion
analysis and institutional support for trade in services
business support services and institutions
public-private sector networking
e-commerce
trade finance
trade promotion, market analysis and development.
 Subset from building productive capacity narrowed down to the trade related
percentage.
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3. Trade-related infrastructure:
 physical infrastructure including
 transport and storage
 Communications, and
 energy generation and supply.
4. Building productive capacity:
 Includes business development and activities aimed at improving the business
climate
 privatisation
 assistance to banking and financial services
 agriculture, forestry, fishing, industry, mineral resources and mining, tourism.
 Includes trade and non-trade related capacity building.
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Categories cont.
5. Trade-related adjustment:
 A new category with a separate CRS code has been agreed on by OECD.
6. Other trade-related needs:
 Other trade related support not captured under the categories above.
 Includes trade and non-trade related capacity building.
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Aid for Trade Commitments by OECD Members:
OECD as a whole:
 4 bn USD annually from 2010
 Includes all AfT categories
 Largest AfT donors ex EU: USA and Japan
EU (Commission and Member States):
 2 bn € annually from 2010, 1 bn each by Commission and EU MS
 Commitment relates to categories 1 and 2 only
 infrastructure and other adjustment measures would come in addition
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Current AfT commitments and instruments of EU
 Current levels of AfT committed (2006):
 http://tcbdb.wto.org
 800 Million € by Commission
 360 Million € collectively by MS (Germany: 60 – 80 Million p.a. 2002-06)
 “gap” is largest for EU MS: 640 Million
 Measures put in place to meet objectives:
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EU Aid for Trade Strategy adopted in October 2007
“up to 50%” of additional AfT to go to ACP countries
Improve coordination among EU MS to avoid Aid for Trade orphans
Support Enhanced Integrated Framework and expand similar approach to nonLDCs
 Otherwise continue with same instruments (EDF for Commission, bilateral and
multilateral contributions by MS)
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Contact:
 E-Mail: [email protected]
 Internet: http://www.gtz.de/trade
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