1. Aid for Trade Concepts, Categories, Commitments
Dr. Regine Qualmann – GTZ Sector Programme on Trade

2. Concepts WTO Task Force on Aid for Trade
Trade Liberalisation will not translate into development if countries lack capacities to trade
Two pronged approach:
continue building capacity to negotiate trade agreements, expand from multilateral to regional
Enhance support to developing capacity to trade
Re-launch Integrated Framework for LDCs as a holistic approach to trade policy analysis and implementation, address ownership issues

3. OECD – WTO Definitions of AfT Categories
1. Trade policy and regulations:
trade policy and planning,
trade facilitation,
regional trade agreements,
multilateral trade negotiations,
multi sector wholesale/ retail trade and trade promotion.
Includes training of trade officials, analysis of proposals and positions and their impact, support for national stakeholders to articulate commercial interest and identify trade-offs, dispute issues
institutional and technical support to facilitate implementation of trade agreements and to adapt to and comply with rules and standards.

4. Categories cont. 2. Trade development: investment promotion
analysis and institutional support for trade in services
business support services and institutions
public-private sector networking
e-commerce
trade finance
trade promotion, market analysis and development.
Subset from building productive capacity narrowed down to the trade related percentage.

5. Categories cont. 3. Trade-related infrastructure:
physical infrastructure including
transport and storage
Communications, and
energy generation and supply.
4. Building productive capacity:
Includes business development and activities aimed at improving the business climate
privatisation
assistance to banking and financial services
agriculture, forestry, fishing, industry, mineral resources and mining, tourism.
Includes trade and non-trade related capacity building.

6. Categories cont. 5. Trade-related adjustment:
A new category with a separate CRS code has been agreed on by OECD.
6. Other trade-related needs:
Other trade related support not captured under the categories above.
Includes trade and non-trade related capacity building.

7. Aid for Trade Commitments by OECD Members:
OECD as a whole:
4 bn USD annually from 2010
Includes all AfT categories
Largest AfT donors ex EU: USA and Japan
EU (Commission and Member States):
2 bn € annually from 2010, 1 bn each by Commission and EU MS
Commitment relates to categories 1 and 2 only
infrastructure and other adjustment measures would come in addition

8. Current AfT commitments and instruments of EU
Current levels of AfT committed (2006):
800 Million € by Commission
360 Million € collectively by MS (Germany: 60 – 80 Million p.a )
“gap” is largest for EU MS: 640 Million
Measures put in place to meet objectives:
EU Aid for Trade Strategy adopted in October 2007
“up to 50%” of additional AfT to go to ACP countries
Improve coordination among EU MS to avoid Aid for Trade orphans
Support Enhanced Integrated Framework and expand similar approach to non-LDCs
Otherwise continue with same instruments (EDF for Commission, bilateral and multilateral contributions by MS)

9. E-Mail: regine.qualmann@gtz.de Internet: http://www.gtz.de/trade
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