MTI told about the date of the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference

In accordance with the obligations under WTO membership to ensure transparency, Kazakhstan on an ongoing basis sends notifications to the WTO on the adoption of new or changes in existing measures affecting trade in goods and services

Since the beginning of 2021, 43 notifications have been prepared and sent to the WTO Secretariat on measures to protect the internal market, trade facilitation, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers to trade and other issues.

Kazakhstan has also joined new initiatives of WTO members:

- Refusal to introduce export restrictions on food products within the framework of the UN World Food Program;

- Multilateral interim agreement on appeal;

- Communication on trade and environmental sustainability;

- Informal WTO dialogue on plastic pollution and its environmentally sustainable trade;

- COVID-19 and beyond: trade and health;

- Protocol on Amendments to the Agreement on Intellectual Property Rights.

Work has been carried out on the organization of 12 WTO Ministerial Conferences.

At the same time, on November 27, 2021, WTO Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala urgently announced another postponement of the date of the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC-12), due to the current emergency situation related to the tightening of quarantine requirements for entry into the territory of the Swiss Confederation.

The estimated date of the MK is March 12, 2022.