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Syllabus of the Subject: WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA)

Trade Facilitation Programs. TFA Agreement. Online Education (Courses, Masters, Doctorate)

  1. Introduction to the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) of the World Trade Organization (WTO);
  2. Fundamentals of the Trade Facilitation Agreement
    1. Substantive provisions;
    2. Provisions for special and differential treatment for developing and least developed countries;
    3. Institutional provisions and final provisions.
  3. Annual report on the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement;
  4. Implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement;
  5. Strategy of the Mercator program of the World Customs Organization (WCO);
  6. Legal text of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement.

The objectives of the subject «Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA)» are the following:

  1. Understand the pillars of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA);
  2. Know the concepts of substantive provisions in the scope of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation;
  3. Analyze the provisions on special and differential treatment for developing and least developed countries.

Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA):
Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) World Trade Organization (WTO)

Foreign Trade (Importing, Exporting) Online Education (Courses, Masters, Doctorate)

Online Students, Master in International Business and Foreign Trade

The Subject «Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA)» belongs to the following Online Higher Educational Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Courses: Foreign Trade Management, Foreign Trade Assistant, Non-tariff Measures to Trade.

Online Education (Courses, Masters, Doctorate): Foreign Trade Management

Logistics Courses: International Transport, Maritime Transport, Multimodal, Road, Rail, Transport in Africa.

Diplomas: Foreign Trade, International Transport.

Online Professional Diploma in International Trade

Masters (MIB): International Business, Foreign Trade, International Transport, Transport in Africa.

Masters in International Business and Foreign Trade (MIB) - Online Education

Doctorate (DIB): Global Logistics, World Trade.

Professional Doctorate in International Business (DIB). Online Education

Learning materials in Courses, Masters, Doctorate in International Business and Foreign Trade in English or Study, Course Master Doctorate in International Business in French Accord sur la facilitation des échanges (AFE) Study Master Doctorate in International Business in Spanish Acuerdo sobre Facilitación del Comercio (AFC) Masters Foreign Trade in Portuguese Acordo de Facilitação do Comércio.

Area of Knowledge: Foreign trade.

Non-tariff Measures to Trade. Online Education (Courses, Masters, Doctorate)

Foreign Trade Facilitation. TFA Agreement. Customs. Payments. Global Supply Chain

WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA).

With the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), the WTO members established a new legal framework for the necessary reforms to be implemented for trade facilitation. It was created in the 2001 Doha Round.

The objective of the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is to establish a legal framework that allows the reform of trade facilitation at a global level, speeding up the movement, release and customs clearance of products.

The substantive obligations of the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) include the obligation to publish as well as access to information, appeal channels, trade procedures simplification, customs clearance processes, cross-border customs cooperation among the institutions that operate at the border, the reduction of non-tariff measures, the use of information technologies...

Also included provisions related to special and differential treatment of the Trade Facilitation for least developed countries (LDCs) and developing countries (LDCs), including technical assistance.

The WTO has other agreements related to trade facilitation:

  1. Agreement on Customs Valuation;
  2. Preshipment Inspection;
  3. WTO Agreement on Preshipment Inspection (PSI);
  4. Agreement on Rules of Origin.

See also:

  1. Customs and the World Trade Organization (WTO);
  2. Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT);
  3. Non-automatic Import licensing, quotas and prohibitions;
  4. Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS). WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS);
  5. WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS);
  6. WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS);
  7. Safeguards. WTO Agreement on Safeguards (SG).

Agreement on Preshipment Inspection of the World Trade Organization (WTO)