Kazakhstan took part in the OECD Working Group on Trade and Environment

Representatives of the Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan and QazTrade JSC took part in the meeting of the OECD Joint Working Group on Trade and Environment.

The Republic of Kazakhstan, having the status of a member of the Working Group, presented its standpoint on the agenda of the meeting, including projects that combine agriculture, trade and the environment, trade policy to promote the circular economy. Also discussed were WTO initiatives in the field of trade and the environment, export restrictions, as well as other issues related to trade and the environment.

In particular, Kazakhstan proposed to the OECD to develop separate recommendations and provide special conditions for developing countries and countries with transit economies to improve the efficiency of participation in the process of transition to a circular economy.

A circular economy is an economy based on the renewal of resources and minimal loss of value of raw materials, components and products in the process of their use.