02/11/2016 (Agence Europe) – On 27 and 31 October respectively, the Philippines then Iceland presented their ratification instruments of the Trade Facility Agreement (TFA) to the World Trade Organisation. This means that the number of countries which have ratified this agreement concluded at the ninth ministerial conference of the WTO in December 2013 now stands at 96. The TFA contains a raft of rules to simplify and reduce customs procedures and increase the participation of...