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PRESS/TPRB/275 
22 January 2007 
 
(07-0275) 
TRADE POLICY REVIEW: CHAD 
Strong growth but reform of bu siness environment is needed to 
attract investment 
Chad has experienced a succession of socio-political crises that have impeded its economic and 
social development, but the start of oilfield investment and the surge in world prices enabled Chad to achieve strong economic growth over 2001-2005, according to a WTO Secretariat report on the 
trade policies and practices of Chad. 
 The report notes the need for Chad to diversify its economic base to ensure wide redistribution of 
the oil gains and thus a reduction of poverty.  This diversification requires a reform of the business 
environment,  including the simplification of restrictive administrative requirements and an overhaul of the present system of heavy taxation for imports and exports. 
 
The report calls for renewed assistance for Chad from its trading partners and stresses that the rapid introduction of trade reforms and the pursuit of structural reforms would create an 
environment that is both favourable for business and better capable of attracting the capital that 
Chad so badly needs.  
The report, along with a policy statement by the go vernment of Chad, will be  the basis for the first 
Trade Policy Review (TPR) of Chad by the Trad e Policy Review Body of the WTO on 22 and 24 
January 2007. 
 
The following documents are available in MS Wo rd format on the WTO web-site. They can be 
downloaded at http://www.wto.org/english/ tratop_e/tpr_e/tp275.htm  
 
• Secretariat report 
> Contents and summary observations  
> Economic environment  
> Trade and investment regimes  > Trade policies and practices by measure  
> Trade policies by sector  
> Appendix tables  
• Report by Chad  
• Chairperson’s concluding remarks  
• Minutes of the meeting (available appr oximately six weeks after the meeting). PRESS/TPRB/275 
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Note 
Trade Policy Reviews are an exercise, mandated in the WTO agreements, in which member countries’ trade and related policies are examined and evaluated at regular intervals. Significant 
developments that may have an impact on the global trading system are also monitored. For each 
review, two documents are prepared: a policy stat ement by the government of the member under 
review, and a detailed report written independently by the WTO Secretariat. These two documents are then discussed by the WTO’s full membership in  the Trade Policy Review Body (TPRB). These 
documents and the proceedings of the TPRB’s meetings are published shortly afterwards.  
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www.wto.org >resources > publications > trade policy reviews  
 
The TPR publications are also available from our co-publisher Bernan Press , 4611-F Assembly Drive, Lanham, MD 20706-4391, United States 
 
Next reviews: 
Japan : 31 January and 2 February 2007 
Argentina : 12 and 14 February 2007 
European Communities : 26 and 28 February 2007 
  
For a full list of previous trade policy reviews and the full programme of future reviews go to 
http://www.wto.org/english/trat op_e/tpr_e/tpr_ e.htm#reviews 
or follow this path : www.wto.org > trade topics > trade policy reviews 
 
 
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