Trade and Development

The Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) is now fully operational and has also got a Norwegian Board Member.

On 9 February 2009 the WTO Trade Policy Review Body met to an informal discussion on the financial and economic crisis and trade-related developments. Norway's ambassador Elin Østebø Johansen made the following observations at the meeting.

Since 1 July 2002, Norway has provided duty-free and quota-free market access for all goods from all LDCs. From 1 January 2008, this scheme was expanded to include another 14 low-income developing countries, as the most important of several improvements to Norway’s GSP. The notification to the WTO was presented in the CTD on 5 May.