Tag: World Trade Organization
Warning: Here Comes An Empowered Customs Audit Group
Malacañang has recently issued Executive Order (EO) No. 46 (dated October 20, 2017) entitled “Reviving the Post Clearance Audit Function of the Philippine Bureau...
GATT marks seven decades
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is 70 years old.
On 30 October 1947, 23 countries signed the Final Act of the GATT. Devised...
WCO welcomes WTO Trade Facilitation Committee chair
The World Customs Organization (WCO) recently hosted a working lunch for Daniel Blockert, Chairperson of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Facilitation Committee and Swedish Ambassador...
Updated World Tariff Profiles released
The World Tariff Profiles 2017—the latest edition of the annual report on tariff-based market access conditions for goods imposed by World Trade Organization (WTO) members...
China’s import ban on solid waste questioned at import licensing meeting
Five World Trade Organization (WTO) members questioned China’s import ban on solid waste, particularly for certain scrap materials, at the 3 October meeting of...
WB designing $200M modernization plan for PH customs
The World Bank (WB) is preparing a project that aims to support the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) in enhancing its efficiency, effectiveness and...
New handbook provides up-to-date guidance on WTO dispute settlement proceedings
A new edition of A Handbook on the World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement System, co-published by the WTO and Cambridge University Press, was...
PH customs and trading rules made easy with new book
“Understanding International Trade, Tariff and Customs” authored by customs and trade expert Atty Agaton Uvero was launched recently at the Makati Shangri-La before guests from the customs,...
WTO upgrades forecast for 2017 as trade rebounds strongly
World Trade Organization (WTO) economists have issued a strong upward revision to their forecast for 2017 trade expansion following a sharp acceleration in global...
Vietnam advances customs modernization, economic competitiveness
Officials from Vietnam discussed a wide range of topics relating to economic competitiveness and Customs modernization during their recent meeting with World Customs Organization (WCO)...
