Report on G20 Trade and Investment Measures, September 2009

Published September 2009

This September 2009 WTO report states in its press release,

"G20 Governments have refrained from extensive use of restrictive trade and investment measures in recent months but have continued, in a limited way, to apply tariffs and non-tariff instruments that have hindered trade flows, the heads of the OECD, UNCTAD and the WTO indicated in a joint report to G-20 leaders meeting in Pittsburgh later this month."

 

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