10 LDCs on Fast Track to Join WTO

There are ten LDCs in the process of acceding to the WTO: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Laos, Liberia, Comoros, Sao Tome & Principe, Sudan, Equatorial Guinea and Yemen.

Bangladesh, speaking on behalf of the LDC Group, that the LDC Group's proposal tabled last year, which included a number of specific suggestions, should be a reference point in the informal consultations that the Chair intends to launch next week.

Yemen, an acceding LDC, said that it looked forward to improvements soon in the accession process.

The next formal meeting of the Sub-Committee is scheduled for April 2012.