30th Anniversary of TBT Agreement of WTO

Post date: Wednesday, Nov 20, 2024 | 13:55 - View count: 741

On November 8, 2024, at the 94th Meetings of the WTO TBT Committee in Geneva – Switzerland, the WTO TBT Committee held a ceremony to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the TBT Agreement. Since its official entry into force, the WTO TBT Agreement has contributed to the implementation of important WTO objectives such as facilitating international trade, avoiding discrimination, and providing a common forum for countries to discuss the specific trade concerns in international trade.

Addressing the event, Director-General of WTO – Madame Okonjo-Iweala underlined the importance of the TBT Agreement throughout thirty years of implementation. She said: “The TBT Agreement has provided a multilateral framework for cooperation on standards and regulations — something members recognized specifically in the first-ever Ministerial Declaration on the TBT Agreement at The WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) earlier this year.”

The Director-General stressed that this declaration affirms the continued efforts of the Members under the Agreement in addressing current global trade challenges and emerging policy concerns, including climate change, the digital economy and global pandemics.

Delegation of Viet Nam at the 30th anniversary of the TBT Agreement and the 94th Meetings of the WTO TBT Committee

At this meeting, delegation of Viet Nam, consisting of representatives from Viet Nam Commission in Geneva – Switzerland, Viet Nam TBT Office and the line ministry, attended this important ceremony. Viet Nam officially joined the WTO in 2007 and has actively implemented the WTO TBT Agreement since its accession. Delegation of Viet Nam also attended thematic sessions, official meetings of the TBT Committee and bilateral working sessions with the International Trade Center – ITC, delegations of Canada, United Kingdom and Zambia on specific issues in implementing the TBT/WTO Agreement, promoting transparency obligations through the ePing system on TBT and SPS, and gathering information on trade concerns among Members.

 

View of the 94th WTO TBT Committee Meeting

TBT Viet Nam Office