WTO: 2008 NEWS ITEMS
In the next meeting of the full membership, on Friday 3O May, they would decide whether to continue into the week of 2 June, he said.
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Use these links to download audio files or to listen to what Ambassador Falconer said in the meeting.
This meeting
This was an informal agriculture
negotiations meeting of the full membership, officially an “Informal
Open-Ended Special Session” of the Agriculture Committee.
The latest text and a number of related issues are explained
here, including what “the text” is and says, and a “jargon
buster”.
The chairperson refers to “Room
E” meetings. These are talks among a group of 37 representative
delegations, also part of the “multilateral process”. They normally
take place in Room E at the WTO headquarters, but sometimes in
another room (eg, Room D). Ultimately, the current phase of the
negotiations is about “modalities”, explained
here.
THE STORY SO FAR
2000:
Agriculture negotiations launched (March).
See backgrounder
2001: Doha Development Agenda launched.
Agriculture included (November)
2004: “Framework”
agreed (August)
2005:
Further agreements in Hong Kong Ministerial Conference
(December)
2006:
Draft modalities (June)
2007:
Revised draft modalities (July)
2007–2008: Intensive negotiations with
working documents (September-January)
2008:
Revised draft modalities (February and May)
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