Geneva
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The UNECE/FAO Timber section in cooperation with the World Trade Organization (WTO), and with the financial support of the Permanent Representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Geneva, is organizing a workshop to discuss tariff and non-tariff measures affecting timber market.
Led by expert presentations, workshop participants will discuss the economic impacts of trade and trade-related measures on timber markets, taking into account the link between trade liberalization and the key challenges facing the forest-based sector. The workshop will give a unique opportunity to get a comprehensive overview of the regulatory framework around trade in timber products.
Topics addressed will include in particular:
- Tariffs, including the status of on-going WTO negotiations
- Export restrictions
- Subsidies
- Measures to address illegal logging and associated trade such as the EU FLEGT Action Plan “due diligence” proposal or the US Lacey Act amendment
- Other non tariff measures including public procurement regulations
- Phytosanitary measures
For more information, please visit http://timber.unece.org/index.php?id=270 or contact Cedric Pène at [email protected]
Ref: ECE/TIM/10/P03