Brussels, 14/01/2013 (Agence Europe) - Having begun a process of liberalisation in 1997, Laos - one of the last planned economies of the world - is to become the 158th member country of the WTO.
Laos informed the WTO on 3 January that it had ratified the accession agreement to the multilateral organisation, which was approved on 26 October 2012 after 15 years of negotiation. Under the terms of the agreement, Laos agrees to consolidate its customs duties on agricultural products at 19.3% and...