29/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - Afghanistan officially becomes 164th member of WTO. On Friday 29 July, Afghanistan was officially welcomed as the 164th member country of the World Trade Organisation. It is the ninth least-developed country (LDC) to join the WTO since it was created in 1995. Afghanistan applied to join in 2004. Its accession was officially approved at the 10th ministerial conference of the WTO in Nairobi on 16 December 2015 (see EUROPE 11456). Afghanistan has entered into...