The Ethiopian government has set 2026 as a deadline for its decades-old effort to join the World Trade Organization (WTO).Official documents obtained by The Reporter reveal that around half of the preparations necessary for accession have been finalized, with officials planning to go two-thirds of the way by the end of this year.The preparations include 181 separate queries and demands from WTO member countries. According to the report from the Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration, the federal government is re-aligning legislation based on the requests.Officials are “revising avenues for goods and services” and “finalizing negotiation documents”, according to the document.Once these preparations, along with responses to the demands from WTO members, are wrapped up, the proposal will be tabled to the national negotiation affairs steering committee for approval. Officials foresee this will happen in the upcoming quarter. (ICE ADDIS ABEBA)

Fonte notizia: Ethiopian reporter News paper