World trade organization : The 9th Ministerial Conference adopts a declaration on the « Bali Package », containing various measures to streamline trade and diversified consequences on markets and competition working (WTO 9th Ministerial Conference, 7th December 2013, The Bali Ministerial Declaration)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. The agreement reached in Bali between negotiators from 169 countries on 7 December 2013 represents the first international trade agreement on trade liberalisation and "trade facilitation" since the establishment of the WTO in 1995 decided by the Marrakech Ministerial Conference. A subsequent Ministerial Conference, held in Singapore at the end of 1996, led the WTO to set up several working groups aimed at advancing four subjects inspired by the European Union, including the interaction between international trade and competition policy, chaired by the Frenchman Frédéric Jenny. This working group was very active in Geneva from 1998 to 2003, producing numerous