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Belarus actively negotiating with WTO members since 2016 By the end of the month Belarus will have held a series of consultations with the United States on joining the World Trade Organization. Negotiations on accession to the WTO are proceeding on schedule. Belarus has yet to sign ...

A regular round of bilateral negotiations with interested WTO member states to take place alongside the event The eleventh session of the World Trade Organization’s working party on Belarus’ accession will take place in Geneva, Switzerland. The Belarusian delegation will include top officials and experts ...

Belarus to protect government procurement in WTO accession process Belarus will introduce a mechanism to protect the economy in the sphere of government procurement in the course of the country’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Belarus became an observer in the WTO Committee ...

... Trade Organization. Participants will discuss how to enter the international market with their products, what the preferences are and how to protect their producers. At the end of June, at a meeting in Geneva, Belarus received an observer status at the WTO Committee on Public Procurement. This gives an opportunity to participate in discussions on assessing the opportunities and risks of large exporters in the big trade market.

In September, 2018, Minsk to host WTO, EBRD regional seminar on government procurement Belarus has received the observer status in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Committee on Government Procurement during the meeting of the committee in Geneva. Belarus has become the first country ...

Belarus’ accession to the WTO to contribute to a stronger international trade system During the official session of the working group on Belarus’ accession to the World Trade Organization in Geneva, WTO member states supported the steps taken by the country’s government ...

Belarus to strengthen positions in international trade after joining WTO Belarus will strengthen its position in the international trade after joining the WTO. This was declared today at a meeting between the Belarusian government and the organization's delegation. As it was noted, the talks are coming to their final ...

... Trade Organization Today, a new round of talks on the accession of Belarus to the World Trade Organization starts in Geneva. First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Evdochenko will meet with the Secretariat and Chair of the Belarus Working Party at the WTO Kemal Madenoglu. Earlier, negotiations with Belarus were held in Geneva on 9 June. Then, the parties agreed that the WTO Secretariat would circulate the first draft of the Working Party’s report at the next round of talks.

... reduction of dependence on traditional trading partners. Yet we cannot say that the export "formula" of Belarus is proportional, the minister stressed. The expansion of trade and economic relations should be facilitated by accession to the WTO. In recent years, Belarus has significantly stepped up the process. And we have already reached the final stage of coordination. Protocols on the completion of bilateral negotiations with Japan and Korea are already signed. By the end of the year,...

Talks on Belarus' joining the WTO held in Geneva Talks on Belarus' joining the WTO are held in Geneva. The WTO Director general supports Belarus' soon joining the organization. Experts see no economic obstacles to it. Members of the Belarusian delegation will also hold bilateral ...