Most major trading partners provide?duty-free, quota-free (DFQF) market access or preferential tariffs, as well as preferential rules of origin, for products imported from LDCs. Specific provisions have been put in place to enable trade preferences to developing countries, with special treatment for LDCs, in the context of WTO rules and principles.?
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A number of mechanisms are in place to support LDCs through technical assistance and capacity-building related to trade.?
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In addition to preferential tariffs and rules of origin, certain regional trade agreements contain special provisions for LDCs:
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Thirty-five of the 45 LDCs are WTO members. Two (Comoros and Timor-Leste) have signed accession protocols and will become members of the WTO following the deposit of their respective instruments of acceptance of the protocol. Five other LDCs were in the process of acceding.