Members that submitted proposals and technical papers in Phase 1, with an indication of groupings and alignments based on joint-authorship
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1. Albania (transition: domestic support)
2. Angola (African
Group)
3. Antigua and
Barbuda (Caricom)
4. Argentina (Cairns Group + MERCOSUR)
5. Australia (Cairns Group)
6. Barbados (Caricom
+ small island developing states
+ non-trade concerns)
African Union/Group, ACP, least-developed countries (see “G-90”, but with 64 WTO members)
ASEAN (members of WTO):
Brunei,
Cambodia (WTO since October 2004), Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand
(Laos and Viet Nam are negotiating WTO membership)
Cairns Group
(19 members since 21 November 2006, and papers e.g. G/AG/NG/W/11, 35, 54, 93):
Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada (G/AG/NG/W/11, 35, 93), Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Uruguay
Caricom:
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname
“Central American grouping”: Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama, sponsored paper WT/MIN(03)/W/10 at the Cancún Ministerial Conference
Commodities Group (unofficial document JOB(05)/113):
“Developing country grouping”
= joint sponsors of:
(1) G/AG/NG/W/13 (S&D and development box): Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Pakistan, Haiti, Nicaragua, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, El Salvador
(2) G/AG/NG/W/14 (Green Box): Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Pakistan, Haiti, Nicaragua, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, El Salvador
(3) G/AG/NG/W/37 + Corr.1 (market access): Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Zimbabwe
“European-East Asian grouping” = joint sponsors of:
(1) JOB(03)/167: Bulgaria, Chinese Taipei, Iceland, Rep of Korea, Liechtenstein, Switzerland
(2) WT/MIN(03)/W/12: Bulgaria, Chinese Taipei, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Korea, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland
(See G-10)
G-10 (Currently 9 members, since Bulgaria left):
Iceland, Israel, Japan, Rep. Korea, Liechtenstein, Mauritius, Norway, Switzerland, Chinese Taipei (See “European-East Asian grouping”)
G-20 (Since 21 November 2006, 22 members):
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
Previously:
(1) WT/MIN(03)/W/6/Add.2: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Venezuela
(2) WT/L/559 (countries participating in the 11-12 December 2003 G-20 Ministerial Meeting): Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, South Africa, Tanzania, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
G-33 (“friends of special products”, since 27 November 2006 understood to comprise 46 countries):
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Benin,
Bolivia,
Botswana, China, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba,
Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada,
Guatemala,
Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Rep. Korea, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
G-90 (64 WTO members of the African Union/Group, ACP and least-developed countries)
Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea (Conakry), Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Least-developed countries (LDCs) (32 WTO members):
MERCOSUR, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, India and Malaysia sponsored proposal G/AG/NG/W/139 on export credits
“Non-trade concerns” = 38 countries that sponsored note G/AG/NG/W/36/Rev.1 (conference papers on non-trade concerns):
Barbados, Burundi, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, EU, Fiji, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Malta, Mauritius, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Romania, St Lucia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago
Recent new members (RAMS or recently acceded members):
Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Ecuador, FYR Macedonia, Jordan, Kyrgyz Rep., Moldova, Mongolia, Oman, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Chinese Taipei
Previously, joint sponsors of unofficial paper JOB(03)/170: Albania, Croatia, Georgia, Jordan, Moldova and Oman
“Small and vulnerable economies”:
Barbados, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Honduras, Mauritius, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, and Trinidad and Tobago (sponsored TN/AG/GEN/11 of 10 November 2005 and subsequent documents).
(Before that, for the September 2005 Cancún Ministerial Conference, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Kyrgyz Rep, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago sponsored WT/MIN(05)/22 and addenda. All are ACP members except Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Kyrgyz Rep, Maldives, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Sri Lanka)
“Small island developing states”(SIDS):
Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Jamaica, Mauritius, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago
Recently-acceded members (RAMs):
Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Ecuador, FYR Macedonia, Jordan, Kyrgyz Rep., Moldova, Mongolia, Oman, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Chinese Taipei
