The following is excerpted from a 28 September 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.
The terms of Laos’ WTO membership were agreed by the countries negotiating with the least-developed nation on 28 September 2012, and now go for approval by all 157 current WTO members in the General Council on 26 October.
This news item is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news12_e/acc_lao_28sep12_e.htm