Reciprocity and International Trade

19^th March 2012

On 8th March the Chamber of Trade and Industry of Paris adopted a report entitled "Reciprocity and International Trade: how to restore loyal competition conditions?" This report advises the implementation of measures to impose greater respect of the reciprocity principle in international trade. These measures include a better inclusion of the reciprocity imperative in trade agreements, the exclusion of "non-reciprocal partners" in European public procurement, the systematic integration of a clause focusing on public procurement in trade agreements and a more systematic use of the WTO's Dispute Regulation Body, the transformation of this into "a regulation tool" or support to the accession of the major emerging economies to the OECD.

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