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Lao People’s Democratic Republic

The Lao People's Democratic Republic's Working Party was established on 19 February 1998. The Memorandum on the Foreign Trade Regime was circulated in March 2001. Bilateral market access negotiations have begun on the basis of initial offer on goods and services. The third meeting of the Working Party was held in November 2007 to continue the examination of Lao's foreign trade regime.

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Laos is officially the “Lao People’s Democratic Republic” or “Lao PDR”, but familiarly “Laos”.

  

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1.

Application Received

16 July 1997
2.

Working Party Established
Chairperson:
H.E. Bruce Gosper
(Australia, Jul 2006 —)
Mr. T. Groser
(N. Zealand, May 2004 — Jul 2006)
Mr. G. Raby
(Australia, Apr 1998 — May 2004)

19 February 1998
3.

Memorandum

28 March 2001
4.

Questions and Replies

2 October 2003
5.

Meetings of the Working Party

28 October 2004
30 November 2006
15 November 2007
6.

Recently submitted documentation

(a) Additional Questions & Replies

 May 2008

(b) Information on agriculture (WT/ACC/4)

 May 2008

(c) Information on services (WT/ACC/5)

  

(d) SPS/TBT checklists (WT/ACC/8)

 27 July 2006

(e) TRIPS checklist (WT/ACC/9)

 27 July 2006

(f) Legislative Action Plan

 9 May 2008 (General)
9 May 2008 (Customs Valuation)
9 May 2008 (SPS)
9 May 2008 (TBT)
9 May 2008 (TRIPS)
7.

Market Access Negotiations
Goods Offer

(a) initial
(b) latest
3 November 2006
Services Offer

(a) initial
(b) latest
16 October 2007
8.

Factual Summary

 29 October 2007
9.

Draft Working Party Report

  

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