The German automotive industry supports the conclusion of free trade agreements but has always spoken out in favor of the multilateral removal of trade barriers. Unfortunately the Doha Round has not yet resulted in the removal of duties and nontariff barriers, although progress was made recently at the 9th WTO ministerial conference in Bali. On December 7, 2013, the members of the WTO agreed a treaty to make trade easier, among other things. The agenda at the meeting also included the topics of development and agriculture. The main results of the 9th WTO ministerial conference are:
The trade facilitation treaty
To support measures for the remaining undeveloped countries including market access and origin rules
Flexible structure of national programs for food security
Exports should not be subsidized and therefore artificially reduced in price
Trade barriers on imports of agricultural products should be removed