WTO: 2015 NEWS ITEMS

DIRECTOR-GENERAL


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The Director-General urged members to build on the progress that had been made during 2014 and to recall the ingredients which they would need in order to reach a successful outcome, such as:

  • maintaining a sense of urgency;
  • identifying and prioritising the issues that are of the most substantive importance;
  • targeting outcomes that are doable for all parties;
  • maintaining a high level of engagement;
  • and tackling all issues at the same time rather than trying to sequence them.

The Director General told members attending the meeting:

“We must maximise the time we have available to us before July — and maintain the momentum that we regained at the end of 2014. We need to have a detailed, substantive discussion that includes agriculture, non-agricultural market access, services and all of the other DDA issues, including development and issues of interest to LDCs. Today we are restarting our conversation on all of these issues. So be ready — and get involved.”

Under the intensified process launched today, discussions on the substantive issues of the DDA will be convened by the Chairs of the various Negotiating Groups and by the Director-General. Meetings will be held in a variety of formats and configurations. Replicating the inclusive and transparent approach that proved effective in the lead up to Bali, regular meetings of all members will be the spine of this work. The next such meeting is scheduled for Thursday 29 January.

 

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