ARGENTINA

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ARGENTINA

• MINISTERY OF ECONOMY
• NATIONAL BUREAU OF FOREIGN TRADE INTERNATIONAL
• LIC. ALEJANDRA DI MARZIO
• 2007 WORKSHOP ON WTO TRADE FACILITACION
• August 15 August 28, 2007
• TAIWAN
• Sponsor MOFA
• Organizer ICDF

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BRIEF OF THE ECONOMY POLICY IN THE LAST YEARS

• ECONOMIC ENVIROMENT
• Deep recession 1998- 2002
• Institutional framework at risk
• Redesign of the economic model

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2003 NEW CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERMMENT

• Consolidation of the economic program
• Fiscal solvency
• Monetary prudence
• Flexible exchange rates
• Social inclusion
• Export dynamism

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RESULTS OF THE POLICIES AFTER NEARLY FOUR YEARS
OF IMPLEMENTATION

• Strong economic growth 9 annual increase
• Significantly reduce of
• Rates of unemployment
• Poverty and destitution
• Recovery of private consumption
• Revival of investment

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TRADE POLICY

• Trade policy based on WTO principles and
  disciplines
• Efforts to expand Argentinas foreign trade on a
  sustainable basis
• A combination of multilateral, regional and
  bilateral approaches
• Its pay particular attention to the overall
  strategy of promoting and developing exports

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TRADE POLICY

• Trends in foreign trade 2002 2006
• Significant impact on Argentinas foreign trade
• Short term correction to Argentinas external
  trade imbalance
• Medium term the trade surplus in a context of
  strong recovery and import growth
• Exports growing at an average annual rate of 16
• The liberalization coefficient has grown
  substantially since the crisis
• Its self sustainable
• Not dependent on external financing

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TRADE POLICY

• The Argentina legal system
• As a result of the constitutional reform of 1994,
  international law is assigned a dominant position
  in the Argentina legal system
• International Treaties
• Domestic legislation

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TRADE FACILITATION - WTO

• WTO at the Singapore Ministerial Conference in
• December 1996
• The July 2004 package (WT/L/579)
• The mandate for these negotiations is set out in
• Annex D of that decision (Modalities for
• Negotiations on Trade Facilitation).
• DOHA Ministerial Declaration December 2005

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TRADE FACILITATION - WTO

• Improve and clarify articles V, VIII, and X of
  GATT 1994
• Art. V Freedom of transit
• Art. VIII Fees and Formalities connected with
  Importation and Exportation
• Art. X Publication and Administration of Trade
  Regulations
• TN/TF/W/43/Rev.12, of 25 July 2007
• WTO negotiations on trade facilitation
  ,compilation of members' textual proposals

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TRADE FACILITATION - WTO

• Argentinas communications
• TN/TF/W/40 June 2005
• Improve and clarify article X of GATT 1994
• TN/TF/W/41 June 2005
• links between the elements of annex d
• Single Windows

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2007 WORKSHOP ON WTO TRADE FACILITACION August
15 August 28, 2007 TAIWAN Sponsor
MOFAOrganizer ICDF

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