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WTO International Trade Statistics 2014 released

The World Trade Organisation has released the 2014 edition of International Trade Statistics in Excel and pdf formats. This year’s edition includes new Commodity Profiles and new Regional Export Profiles. An archive of related reports is available via this link. The EUI Library provides access to these related resources: ComExt, IMF Direction of Trade Statistics, International Trade Centre data, OECD iLibrary, TiVA, UN ComTrade and WIIW (Central-Eastern Europe). Full details are on the library macroeconomic resources directory.

EU welcomes Russia’s WTO accession after 18 years of negotiations

On 22 August 2012, after 18 years of negotiations, Russia joined the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as its 156th member. The Working Party on the Accession of the Russian Federation was established on 16 June 1993. The Working Party completed its mandate on 10 November 2011, under the chairmanship of Ambassador Stefán Jóhannesson (Iceland). The […]