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PRESS/TPRB/267 
3 July 2006 
 
(06-3144) 
TRADE POLICY REVIEW: TOGO 
Socio-political stability and ambitious reforms could improve 
economic performance 
Socio-political stability, ambitious reforms, and intensification of multilateral commitments on 
trade in goods and services could create a business friendly climate in Togo and make its trade regime more transparent, more credible and mo re predictable, according to a WTO Secretariat 
report on the trade policies and practices of Togo. 
 Such reforms would consolidate the current macro economic situation and stimulate much needed 
private investment now almost absent because of, inter alia , the socio-political instability in Togo 
and its poor macroeconomic performance. The report notes that such efforts would be supported by the international community through enhanced market access for Togo’s goods and services, 
and favourable response to its technical assistance needs.  
 The report, along with a policy statement by the Government of Togo, will be the basis for the 
second Trade Policy Review (TPR) of Togo by the Trade Policy Review Body of the WTO on 3 and 5 
July 2006.  
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/tp267.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  
• Government report  
• Chairperson’s concluding remarks  
• Minutes of the meeting (available appr oximately six weeks after the meeting). 
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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.  
 Print copies of the TPR publications are available for sale from the WTO Secretariat, Centre William 
Rappard, 154 rue de Lausanne, 1211 Genève 21 and through the on-line bookshop at 
https://secure.vtx.ch/shop/boutiques/wto_index_boutique.html  or follow this path :  
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: 
Nicaragua : 24 and 26 July 2006 
Bangladesh : 13 and 15 September 2006 
Congo : 27 and 29 September 2006 
 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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