At its first meeting since its creation in 2016, the National Committee in charge of monitoring the implementation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreement approved a draft identifying Tunisia's needs in terms of technical and financial support for its WTO membership. The meeting, held on Tuesday, agreed to draw up a matrix of draft programmes requiring technical and financial support from donors, in accordance with the provisions of the WHO Agreement on Trade Facilitation, according to a press release from the Ministry of Trade and Export Development. Minister of Trade Kalthoum Ben Rejeb stressed that Tunisia needed to prepare and determine its needs in line with national priorities in order to obtain the necessary support. She stressed the importance of the role played by the committee, which brings together and coordinates all the sub-committees to facilitate trade through trade agreements such as the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA). The committee is working to monitor external cooperation programmes to implement the provisions of the agreement, to promote the results and to examine the concerns of exporters.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse