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Guidelines for Kazakhstan’s Accession to the WTO
The report evaluates the country’s membership options in the WTO in terms of its negotiating issues and ways to measure the impact of that membership on the economy. It addresses key areas of the WTO agreements in trade of goods, trade of services, intellectual property rights, and trade-related investment measures. The report argues that Kazakhstan is likely to obtain the greatest benefits from its GATT/WTO membership in the expansion of trade in goods. There are also substantial benefits that the economy will derive from its participation in the TRIPs agreement resulting from greater foreign investment in the country. As a WTO member country, Kazakhstan will also benefit from the promotion of trade liberalization measures that enhance the growth of its internationally competitive industries. USAID Regional Mission for Central Asia (75 pages). April 1995.