Uzbekistan's WTO accession reforms praised by WTO working group chair

A delegation led by S. Choi, chair of the WTO working group on Uzbekistan's accession, and M. Oshikawa, director of the membership division of the WTO Secretariat, visited Uzbekistan's Ministry of Justice. Talks with First Deputy Minister M. Istamov focused on harmonizing national legislation with WTO agreements, the results achieved and future areas of cooperation.

Istamov said Uzbekistan's WTO accession is one of the priority directions of the country's economic reforms. Since 2023, more than 200 normative legal acts have been aligned with WTO agreement requirements. State duties for registering foreign-invested and local enterprises, as well as patent fees for residents and non-residents, have been unified.

Choi praised the broad reforms and the consistent efforts to harmonize legislation with international trade rules. Both sides stressed the need to complete accession successfully and to keep building a transparent, stable and predictable legal environment for entrepreneurs and investors.