Brussels, 29/10/2012 (Agence Europe) - Laos, a country in the process of liberalisation since 1997 and one of the world's last planned economies, is to become the 158th member country of the WTO.
Following the Vanuatu islands and Samoa last year, the WTO will once again be joined by a less-developed country. After a long process of reforms to bring its legislative and administrative structures into line with the WTO framework, Laos got the go-ahead from the General Council of the WTO on 26...