Tajikistan News

China Proposes Free Trade Deal With Russia, Others

by Mary Swire, Tax-News.com, Hong Kong

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

China's Deputy Minister of Commerce, Qian Keming, has proposed that the member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) – China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan – should establish a free trade agreement (FTA). Read Full Story

Uzbekistan Joins CIS Free Trade Zone

by Tatiana Smolenska, Tax-News.com, Moscow

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Uzbek President Islam Karimov has ratified a treaty which makes Uzbekistan the ninth member of the free trade area of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Read Full Story

Netherlands Updates Tax Treaty Negotiation Program

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Underlining the Government's ongoing commitment to concluding bilateral tax treaties with other countries, the Dutch Finance Ministry has recently listed the countries with which the Netherlands plans to begin negotiations on a tax treaty this year. Read Full Story

Tajikistan Cleared To Join WTO In March

by Tatiana Smolenskaya, Tax-News.com, Moscow

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Tajikistan is to be welcomed as a member of the World Trade Organization on March 2, 2013, after the nation concluded the ratification of its accession package. Read Full Story

Tajikistan Admitted To The WTO

by Tatiana Smolenskaya, Tax-News.com, Moscow

Thursday, December 13, 2012

The General Council of the World Trade Organization on December 10, 2012, approved Tajikistan's accession package, allowing the nation to become a member of the global trade body in 2013. Read Full Story

Tajikistan Nears WTO Membership

by Tatiana Smolenskaya, Tax-News.com, Moscow

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Tajikistan has cleared a significant hurdle in its bid to achieve membership of the World Trade Organization after the Working Party overseeing its accession approved the package spelling out its terms of entry to the organization. Read Full Story

UNCTAD Supports Developing Nations On WTO Accession

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Monday, September 24, 2012

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development received praise from landlocked developing countries at their Fourth Ministerial meeting held in Almaty recently, in particular for the organisation's provision of inpartial advice to assist nations in their efforts to join the World Trade Organization. Read Full Story

Ukraine Joins Regional FTA

by Tatiana Smolenskaya, Tax-News.com, Moscow

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Ukraine has become the third nation to ratify a multilateral free trade agreement that would liberalize regional trade and introduce the use of procedures developed by the World Trade Organization to resolve trade disputes and prevent the use of trade-restricting measures between members of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Read Full Story

Tajikistan Pushing To Conclude WTO Accession Bid

by Tatiana Smolenskaya, Tax-News.com, Moscow

Friday, August 17, 2012

Tajikistan is entering the final stretch of its bid to achieve membership of the World Trade Organization. The nation has so far held eight rounds of negotiations on a bilateral basis with nations that have sought to discuss tariff and market access provisions for inclusion in its final accession package. Read Full Story

US Issues Annual IPR Country Report

by Glen Shapiro, LawAndTax-News.com, New York

Thursday, May 3, 2012

The Office of the United States Trade Representative has released its annual ‘Special 301 Report’ on the perceived adequacy and effectiveness of US trading partners’ protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR). Read Full Story

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