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8 December 2022  
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Trade Policy Review Body   
 
 
OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL TRADING ENVIRONMENT  
ANNUAL REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR -GENERAL  
(MID-OCTOBER  2021 TO MID -OCTOBER  2022) 
Corrigendum  
In page 74, paragraph 3.196 should read as follows:  
3.196. The Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) continued to focus its discussions on global 
multilateral issues at the intersection between trade and environmental policies. Dedicated 
discussions at the CTE covered circular economy and plastics pollution; trade and climate c hange; 
biodiversity, transfer of technology, and capacity building.124 Members have also continued 
discussions on trade -related aspects of the EU Green Deal, including the plan to establish a Carbon 
Border Adjustment Mechanism and the proposal for new rules  to curb EU -driven deforestation and 
few initiatives that were of relevance to trade under the 2020 Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP), 
including, inter alia , a legislative proposal for a revision of the Waste Shipment Regulation and the 
Ecodesign for Sus tainable Products Regulation (ESPR).  
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124 Annual Report 2021, WTO document WT/CTE/28/Rev.1, 22 November 2021; WTO document 
WT/CTE/M/73 (on the October 2021 CTE Meeting), 21 January 2022; WTO document WT/CTE/M/74 (on the 
February 2022 CTE Meeting), 25 May 2022; and, WTO document WT/CTE/M/75 (on the 2 June 2022 CTE 
Meeting), 3 October 2022.  