I-TIPTowards an integrated view of WTO

Members trade policy measures

Jürgen Richtering23/10/2013

How to find information on trade policy measures

G/TBT/N/USA/77G/SPS/N/CHL/232IP/N/1/GHA/C/1GPA/W/101/Add.2G/ADP/N/126/Add.1/Rev.3G/SG/N/14/IDN/1/Corr.1G/TBT/N/MNG/2G/TBT/N/OMN/44G/AG/N/ISR/44G/TBT/N/JPN/211G/SPS/N/BOL/13/Corr.1G/TBT/N/BRA/115/Rev.1/Add.1G/TBT/N/USA/380G/SPS/N/KOR/174G/TBT/N/CHN/674IP/N/1/ESP/P/3G/TBT/N/BHR/36G/SPS/N/USA/1262G/ADP/N/78/PER/Corr.1G/SPS/N/USA/577G/SPS/N/USA/1517G/TBT/N/BRB/1G/SPS/N/USA/1288/Add.1G/TBT/N/CHN/435G/SCM/N/155/USA

G/ADP/N/71G/TBT/N/CAN/154G/SPS/N/EEC/278/Add.1G/SPS/N/NZL/359G/SG/N/7/EGY/1G/TBT/N/QAT/150G/SPS/N/BRA/101/Add.1G/SPS/N/MEX/51G/SPS/N/KOR/243G/ADP/N/82G/SPS/N/CRI/9G/TBT/N/PHL/101G/SPS/N/BRA/597G/SCM/N/16/COLG/SPS/N/USA/1442G/SCM/N/178/CHLG/SPS/N/USA/495IP/N/1/LCA/T/2G/SCM/N/144/Add.1G/SPS/N/JPN/215G/SPS/N/USA/1584G/ADP/N/72/MEX/Corr.1G/SPS/N/USA/25G/SPS/N/IND/36G/SPS/N/USA/1860

I-TIP Goods goals• One stop shop for ALL trade policy measures • Full free public access • Structured information using uniform codes• Link to original notifications and/or official sources• Broad-based cross-cutting overview

and detailed drill down:– By measure, country, product, time period

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I-TIP Goods Status – October 2013• Flexible user-friendly interface

– 3 types of views + advanced query function

• Covering the following NTM notifications:– TBT, SPS (all measures, including Specific Trade Concerns)

– Antidumping, countervailing duties – Safeguards– State Trading Enterprises

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Information elements by measure

• NTM category– Notification requirement, & Interagency NTM classification code

• Member reporting/implementing NTM • Partner(s) affected [MFN or country-specific]• Product descriptions and (if available) HS codes

• Measure description (in brief, as provided)• Dates / Timeline

– initiation, in force, withdrawal

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Graphical summaries by member

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Member reporting

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Products affected - by HS Sections

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Click any numberto get list of NTMs

Click and drill downto HS Chapters

Available search criteria

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Summary listing of NTMs

Member country selected

Member(s) selected

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NTM details

STC details

Detailed listing of NTMs

Details as exported to EXCEL

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NTM details

STC details

Selection criteria

Member imp Partner affecNotif. req. Initiation In force WithdMeasure description Product description STC HS Source reference

Australia All Members SPS Regular 24-Oct-11 01-Jan-12 Proposal to Amend Standard 1.4.2 of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards

Foods in general 0 G/SPS/N/AUS/276

Australia All Members SPS Regular 13-Jun-12 01-Aug-12 Proposal to Amend Standard 1.4.2 of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards

Foods in general 0 G/SPS/N/AUS/297

Brazil All Members TBT Regular 04-Sep-09 01-Jul-12 Draft Ministerial Act for Household and similar electrical appliances (29 pages, in

Household and similar electrical appliances.

1 G/TBT/N/BRA/343

Chile All Members SG Tariff Increase -

27-Apr-12 03-Sep-12 SafeGuards Maize otherwise worked

0 110423 G/SG/N/10/CHL/8

Chile Argentina ADP 18-Jun-11 30-Jun-12 Anti dumping Wheat flour 0 110100 G/ADP/N/216/CHL

Your selection result in 5 measures and 2 Specific Trade Concerns

Member Member RequiremFirst raised Last raised resolved STC description Product descrnotifieHS Source reference

Brazil Mexico TBT STC 24-Mar-11 24-Mar-11Brazil - Disposition (Portaria) nº 371, December 29th 2009 and Annex; INMETRO approves

Electronic Appliances 1 G/TBT/M/53 paras. 120- 126

Notification reMember(s) imPartner(s) affeDate(s):Product(s):

From 01/01/2012 to 31/12/2012 [initiated, in force, withdrawn]Any

Source: WTO, Integrated Trade Intelligence Portal (I-TIP), Extract made on 21/06/2013 11:25Your query covers 1821 measures and 13 Specific Trade Concerns

Anti dumping [ADP], Countervailing [CV], SafeGuards [SG], Sanitary and Phytosanitary [SPS] [Regular, AnyAny [Include the category "All members", Show affected countries grouped (bilateral, All Members)]

Road Map 2014• Improve data quality:

– Review & standardize notification information in databases

• Improve data entry and administration• Include additional NTM notifications such as:

– Import licensing, Quantitative restrictions, Agricultural notifications

• Progressively improve I-TIP analytics: – Keyword based search– Improved graphics functions

• Enhance interagency cooperation to fill information gaps

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Work in Progress

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