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Implementation and monitoring
A large and essential part of members’ work in the WTO is to monitor how the agreements that they have negotiated are being implemented. Transparency is key. They discuss their laws, measures adopted and other issues in the various councils and committees, including information that they have pledged to share with each other by notifying the WTO. All WTO members must also undergo periodic peer review of their trade policies and practices, each Trade Policy Review containing reports by the WTO Secretariat and the country concerned and comments by other members in the meeting. More recently the WTO Secretariat has produced regular global monitoring reports on how countries are using trade barriers overall in response to the changing economic climate. |