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Members Slow To Ratify TFA Agreement, Endangering December Goal

March 26, 2015 at 8:57 PM
The process of implementing the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) as part of the World Trade Organization's framework is off to a slow start, throwing into doubt prospects for full implementation of the deal in time for a WTO ministerial meeting in December. At a March 24 informal meeting of the Preparatory Committee on Trade Facilitation, several members said they faced difficulties in getting TFA ratified before the ministerial, with some countries going as far to say they would be unable...

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