Director-General’s letter
to journalists
The
Doha Development Agenda
A brief summary of some of the items on the Agenda
Agriculture
‘Modalities’ would boost entire round
Cotton
Special focus as an agriculture negotiations issue
Services
One member's obligation is another member's right
Market
access, non-agricultural products
Still sorting out ‘modalities’
Intellectual
property (TRIPS)
Negotiations, implementation and TRIPS Council work
Trade facilitation
Cutting red tape at the border
Rules: ad, SCM including
fisheries subsidies
Negotiations to clarify and improve disciplines
Rules: regional agreements
Building blocks or stumbling blocks?
Dispute settlement
Force of argument, not argument of force
Trade and environment
The “win-win” potential for trade and environment
Small economies
Trade challenges for small economies
Trade, debt and finance
WTO’s contribution to solving debt and financial crises
Trade and technology transfer
Exporting knowledge
Technical cooperation
A joint effort to build capacity in developing countries
Least-developed countries
Enhancing trade opportunities
Special and differential
treatment
Stronger support for development
Implementation issues
Progress made but some difficult issues remain
Electronic commerce
Work continues on issues needing clarification
Members and accessions
Becoming a member of the WTO
Members
149 governments, as of 11 December 2005, with date of membership.
Bananas
Discussions continue on a long-standing issue
Statistics
Textiles and Clothing
Statistics
Facts and Figures
Jargon buster
Country groupings
Jargon buster
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