Phase 1 (2000–2001)
March 2000 to March 2001
- 7 meetings.
- 45 proposals from 121 countries (counting the EU as 16, i.e. the 15 countries plus the EU as a group) or 85% of the WTO’s membership.
- 4 documents described as notes, technical submissions, discussion papers
- Secretariat background papers
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Negotiating proposals, notes and discussion papers
See below for full details. Documents listed here are downloadable in MS Word format, newest documents first.
- Communication from Peru 9 May 2001 (1 page, 35KB) (This notifies that Peru is joining sponsorship of three proposals from groupings of developing countries.)
After 23 March 2001
- Burkina Faso: Negotiating proposal, 16 May 2001 (4 pages, 35KB)
For 22–23 March 2001 meeting
- Namibia: Market access, domestic support, export competition, and non-trade concerns, 23 March 2001 (4 pages, 40KB)
- African Group: Negotiating proposal, 23 March 2001(5 pages; 48KB)
- Croatia: Submission, 23 March 2001(4 pages; 46KB)
- Jordan: Negotiating proposal, 22 March 2001 (4 pages, 46KB)
- Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay), Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, India and Malaysia: Export credits, 20 March 2001 (3 pages, 38KB)
- Mexico: Negotiating proposal, 19 March 2001 (4 pages, 38KB)
- Senegal: Preliminary positions, 19 March 2001 (3 pages, 33KB)
- Kenya: Negotiating proposal, 12 March 2001 (5 pages, 46KB)
- Congo, Democratic Rep: Negotiating proposal, 12 March 2001 (3 pages, 31KB)
- Nigeria: Negotiating proposal, 14 February 2001 (4 pages, 41KB)
For 5–7 February 2001 meeting
- Egypt: Comprehensive proposal, revised 21 March 2001 (4 pages, 42KB)
- Turkey: Negotiating proposal, 5 February 2001 (5 pages, 44KB) and correction, 15 February 2001 (1 page, 27KB)
- Morocco: Negotiating proposal, 5 February 2001 (4 pages, 40KB)
- Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay (MERCOSUR), Chile and Colombia: State trading enterprises, 23 January 2001 (1 page, 31KB)
- Poland: Negotiating proposal, 19 January 2001 (5 pages, 44KB)
- India: Food security, market access, domestic support, and export competition, 15 January 2001 (17 pages, 95KB)
- Norway: Negotiating proposal, 16 January 2001 (10 pages, 104KB)
- Caricom: Market access, 15 January 2001 (5 pages, 47KB)
- Mali: Negotiating proposal, 11 January 2001 (2 pages, 32KB)
- Rep of Korea: Negotiating proposal, 9 January 2001 (5 pages, 52KB)
- Dominica, Jamaica, Mauritius, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago: Proposals by small island developing states (SIDS), 29 December 2000 (3 pages, 42KB)
- Mauritius: Negotiating proposal, 28 December 2000 (5 pages, 45KB)
- Swaziland: Market access under special and differential treatment for small developing countries, 22 December 2000 (5 pages, 50KB)
- Switzerland: Negotiating proposal, 21 December 2000 (9 pages, 63KB)
- Cairns Group: Export restrictions and taxes, 21 December 2000 (corrected version posted 10 January 2001) (1 page, 31KB)
- Canada: Domestic support, 21 December 2000 (2 pages, 32KB)
- Japan: Negotiating proposal, 21 December 2000 (27 pages, 134 KB)
- EU: Comprehensive negotiating proposal, 14 December 2000 (6 pages, 51KB)
- Argentina: Technical submission on legitimate non-trade concerns, 30 November 2000 (4 pages, 42KB)
For 15–17 November 2000 meeting
- US: Tariff rate quota reform, 14 November 2000 (3 pages, 63KB)
- Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Croatia and Lithuania: Market access, 14 November 2000 (2 pages, 36KB)
- Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, the Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Slovak Republic and Slovenia: Domestic support — additional flexibility for transition economies, 14 November 2000 (2 pages, 37KB)
- ASEAN: Special and differential treatment for developing countries in world agricultural trade, 10 November 2000 (4 pages, 42KB)
- Cairns Group: Market access, 10 November 2000 (3 pages, 41KB) (excluding Canada which has its own proposal)
For 28–29 September 2000 meeting
- Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, India, Nigeria, Peru, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Zimbabwe: Market access, 28 September 2000 (8 pages, 91KB) and correction (adds Haiti to list of proposers, 1 page, 32KB)
- Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay (MERCOSUR), Chile, Bolivia and Costa Rica: Discussion paper on Export subsidies — food security or food dependency? 27 September 2000 (3 pages, 37KB)
- Barbados, Burundi, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominica, Estonia, EU, Fiji, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Saint Lucia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Switzerland, and Trinidad and Tobago: Note on non-trade concerns, 22 September 2000, revised 9 November 2000 (64 pages, 1.37MB)
- Cairns Group: Domestic support, 22 September 2000 (2 pages, 39KB)
- EU: Export competition, 18 September 2000 (6 pages, 53KB)
For 29–30 June 2000 meeting
- EU: Animal welfare and trade in agriculture, 28 June 2000 (2 pages, 35KB)
- EU: Food quality — improvement of market access opportunities, 28 June 2000 (2 pages, 35KB)
- EU: The blue box and other support measures to agriculture, 28 June 2000 (2 pages, 37KB)
- US: Note on domestic support reform, 23 June 2000 (4 pages, 69KB)
- US: Proposal for comprehensive long-term agricultural trade reform, 23 June 2000 (6 pages, 48KB)
- Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Pakistan, Peru, Haiti, Nicaragua, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, El Salvador: Green box / Annex 2 subsidies, 23 June 2000 (7 pages, 69KB)
- Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Pakistan, Peru, Haiti, Nicaragua, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, El Salvador: Special and differential treatment and a development box, 23 June 2000 (5 pages, 47KB)
- Canada: Market access, 19 June 2000 (3 pages, 73KB)
- Cairns Group: Export competition, 16 June 2000 (2 pages, 35KB)
See below for full details. Documents listed here are downloadable in MS Word format.
26–27 March 2001 stock-taking meeting statements back to top
- Argentina (3 pages, 34KB); Australia (2 pages, 37KB); Brazil (2 pages, 37KB); Caricom (2 pages, 37KB); Colombia (2 pages, 33KB); Cuba, Honduras and Dominican Rep (3 pages, 35KB); Cyprus (1 page, 34KB); Czech Republic (1 pages, 36KB); EU (2 pages, 37KB); Hungary (1 page, 36KB); India (2 pages, 38KB); Japan (2 pages, 41KB); Rep of Korea (2 pages, 37KB); Lithuania (1 pages, 36KB); Mauritius (2 pages, 38KB); New Zealand (2 pages, 38KB); Norway (2 pages, 42KB); South Africa (1 page, 35KB); Swaziland (2 pages, 37KB); Switzerland (2 pages, 40KB); Turkey (1 pages, 36KB); Uruguay (3 pages, 33KB); Venezuela (2 pages, 31KB)
22–23 March 2001 statements
- ASEAN (5 pages, 51KB); Australia (9 pages; 64KB); Colombia (7 pages, 51KB); Cuba, Honduras and Dominican Rep (3 pages, 33KB); Czech Republic (4 pages, 40KB); Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia (2 pages, 37KB); Hungary (1 page, 35KB); India (4 pages, 48KB); Jordan (3 pages, 41KB); Mauritius (3 pages, 44KB); Norway (7 pages, 59KB); Pakistan (3 pages, 40KB); Slovenia (1 page, 34KB); South Africa (2 pages, 39KB); Sri Lanka (6 pages, 58KB); Swaziland (2 pages, 36KB); Turkey (4 pages, 45KB); Venezuela (4 pages, 36KB)
5–7 February 2001 statements
- Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia (2 pages, 37KB); Australia (4 pages, 45KB); Bulgaria (1 page, 33KB); Canada (2 pages, 35KB); Czech Rep (3 pages, 42KB); Hungary (3 pages, 43KB); India (5 pages, 53KB); Indonesia (3 pages, 42KB); Japan (5 pages, 51KB); Rep of Korea (5 pages, 50KB); Lithuania (3 pages, 40KB); Malaysia (3 pages, 24KB); Mauritius (8 pages, 65KB); Norway (5 pages, 53KB); Philippines (3 pages, 42KB) with corrections posted 2 March (1 page, 32KB); Poland (2 pages, 34KB); Slovenia (1 page, 33KB); Sri Lanka (7 pages, 58KB); Swaziland (2 pages, 38KB); Thailand (4 pages, 47KB); Venezuela (3 pages, 36KB) with correction posted 21 May (1 page, 28KB)
15–17 November 2000 statements
- Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, the Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Slovakia and Slovenia (1 page, 33KB); ASEAN (2 pages, 34KB); Australia (3 pages, 38KB); Bolivia (5 pages, 44KB); Brazil (3 pages, 41KB); Cairns Group (2 pages, 37KB); Canada (3 pages, 40KB); Caricom (2 pages; 33KB); Caricom (2 pages, 37KB); Colombia (3 pages, 36KB); Czech Rep (2 pages, 38KB); Czech Rep (2 pages, 41KB); European Union (5 pages, 52KB); Guatemala (1 page, 32KB); Hungary (4 pages, 43KB); India (5 pages, 50KB); Indonesia (3 pages, 47KB); Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand (2 pages; 34KB); Jamaica (2 pages, 40KB); Japan (7 pages, 58KB); Rep of Korea (3 pages, 42KB); Mauritius (6 pages, 65KB); Namibia (6 pages, 56KB); Norway (6 pages, 54KB); Peru (3 pages 37KB); Poland (3 pages, 41KB); South Africa (4 pages, 45KB); Sri Lanka (3 pages, 39KB); Swaziland (2 pages, 33KB)
28-29 September 2000 statements
- Argentina (5 pages; 47KB); Australia for the Cairns Group (on domestic support paper) (2 pages, 64KB); Australia (2 pages, 68KB); Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Hungary, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia (1 page, 32KB); Canada (3 pages, 68KB); Colombia (4 pages, 41KB); Czech Rep (2 pages, 63KB); EU (2 pages, 67KB); Hungary (2 pages, 35KB); Japan (3 pages, 67KB); Mauritius (4 pages, 43KB); Norway (3 pages, 67KB); Paraguay (2 pages, 35KB); Philippines (5 pages, 71KB); US (1 page, 32KB)
29-30 June 2000 statements
- Argentina; Australia on behalf of the Cairns Group (with correction); Brazil; Canada; Grenada on behalf of Caricom; European Community; Hungary; Japan; Mauritius (with addendum); New Zealand; Norway; Thailand; United States; India
- Changes in tariff quota administration and fill rates, 8 November 2000 (20 pages, 250KB)
- Studies on the Implementation and Impact of the Agreement on Agriculture, 9 October 2000 (112 pages, 482KB)
- Export credits and related facilities, 26 June 2000 (11 pages, 73KB) posted 21 May 2001 after derestriction.
- Members’ usage of domestic support categories, export subsidies and export credits, 15 June 2000, (46 pages, 569KB), and addendum 1, (5 pages, 63KB) posted 21 May 2001 after derestriction.
- The effects of the reduction commitments on world trade in agriculture, 9 June 2000 (96 pages, 3.2MB), addendum 1, 24 July 2000 (22 pages, 295KB) posted 21 May 2001 after derestriction.
- Tariff information on agricultural products, 7 June 2000 (9 pages, 97KB), and addendum 1, 15 September 2000 (13 pages, 125KB) posted 21 May 2001 after derestriction.
- Special agricultural safeguard, 6 June 2000 (21 pages, 2.7MB)
- Tariff quota administration methods and tariff quota fill (revision 1), 18 May 2001 (103 pages, 2.8MB) [Original version 26 May 2000 (98 pages, 2.4MB))]
- Tariff and other quotas, 23 May 2000 (200 pages, 4.5MB)
- Agricultural trade performance by developing countries 1990-99, revised 31 January 2001 (22 pages, 877KB)
- Export subsidies, 11 May 2000 (189 pages, 2.0MB)
- Decision on measures concerning the possible negative effects of the reform programme on least-developed and net food-importing developing countries (NFIDC decision): actions taken within the framework of the decision as notified by members, 27 April 2000 (189 pages, 1.0MB)
- Implementation of the Decision on Measures Concerning the Possible Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on Least-Developed and Net Food-Importing Developing Countries, 25 April 2000 (50 pages, 1.1MB), posted 21 May 2001 after derestriction.
- Green box measures, 19 April 2000 (223 pages, 2.2MB)
- Domestic supports, 13 April 2000 (32 pages, 484KB), and correction, 25 April 2000 (1 page, 28KB)
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