Uzbekistan concluded bilateral talks on its accession to the World Trade Organization with the Philippines. This is the fourth country that Tashkent finalized such talks in two months.
At WTO accession talks, it is “easier to negotiate with the latest acceded countries. Because they haven’t forgotten how difficult the process is,” president’s special representative on WTO issues Azizbek Urunov said. He also addressed concerns over non-tariff barriers between nations.
Uzbekistan has completed bilateral negotiations with the US on joining the WTO. The president’s special representative for WTO Azizbek Urunov said talks spanned 14 months and were “tough but substantive”.
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