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ORGANIZATIONWT/TPR/D/33
21 January 1999
(99-0206)
Trade Policy Review Body
TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM
Review of Trade Policies of Togo
Communication from the Discussants
In pursuance of Annex 3, paragraph C (iv) of the WTO Agreement, the following are outlines
of the main points to be raised by the discussants, H.E. Mr. Patrick N. Sinyinza (Zambia) and
Mr. Philippe Musquar (European Communities) at the Trade Policy Review of Togo on 27 and
28 January 1999.
It is recalled that the discussants act in their personal capacity.  They intend to divide their
remarks largely along the following lines:
(a) H.E. Mr. Patrick N. Sinyinza
- Economic performance and outlook;- current account deficit, financial flows and impact of the Asian financial
crisis;
- participation in WTO activities;- regional and bilateral trade agreements, e.g. ECOWAS, WAEMU, etc.;- Togo in WAEMU.
(b) Mr. Philippe Musquar
- Togo's customs tariff:  level, structure, consistency with economic
development objectives, probable consequences of the introduction of the
WAEMU Common External Tariff;
- Trade liberalization under ECOWAS and WAEMU:  clarity of objectives,
coherence of mechanisms, problems of implementation, risks of overlapping
of programmes;
- The free zone regime:  benefits and drawbacks, induced effects on investment
in the customs territory, access conditions, fraud risks, maintenance of the
regime in a customs union framework;
- Transit regime:  economic importance, functioning, fraud risks;WT/TPR/D/33
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- State trading and public enterprises:  current status of the privatization
programme, effects of public management in certain sectors, prospects
resulting from opening up to competition;
- Other aspects of the regulatory fram ework for trading activities in Togo:
competition rules, protection of intellectual property rights, etc.
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