At a meeting of the Committee on Trade and Development's
Dedicated Session on Regional Trade Agreements held on 17 November, WTO members
took note of the notification of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
between India and the United Arab Emirates.
The Committee also considered the Free Trade Agreement between
the Gulf Cooperation Council member states and Singapore and the accession by the Seychelles to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern
Africa (COMESA).
A notification of modifications to the Generalized System
of Preferences (GSP) scheme of Japan was presented at the Committee's Dedicated
Session on Preferential Trade Arrangements also held on 17 November.
WTO
rules allow developed
countries to grant preferential conditions to imports from developing countries
through non-reciprocal preferential schemes. Information on the Generalized System
of Preferences schemes and other non-reciprocal preferential schemes of WTO members
is available.