The WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement: Implications for Pakistan’s Domestic Trade Policy Formulation

Mohammad Saeed ()
Additional contact information
Mohammad Saeed: Senior Technical Adviser on Trade and Transport Facilitation, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva.

Lahore Journal of Economics, 2014, vol. 19, issue Special Edition, 439-460

Abstract: Recognizing that trade facilitation has contributed significantly to reducing costs and time in cross-border trade, World Trade Organization (WTO) members adopted the new Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) at the last ministerial conference in Bali. WTO members are now gearing up to implement the commitments ensuing from the TFA in accordance with the special and differential treatment stipulated for developing countries. This paper assesses the impact of the TFA on Pakistan’s national trade policy and shows how the process of policy formulation in Pakistan should be adjusted so that the agreement can be promptly and correctly implemented on a sustainable basis.

Keywords: Pakistan; world trade organization; trade facilitation agreement (TFA). (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://lahoreschoolofeconomics.edu.pk/EconomicsJou ... %20Saeed%20Final.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:lje:journl:v:19:y:2014:i:sp:p:439-460

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Lahore Journal of Economics from Department of Economics, The Lahore School of Economics Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Shahid Salahuddin ().