Subjects treated under the Doha Development Agenda

This page gives links to the original mandate agreed at the Doha Ministerial Conference in 2001, and to subsequent refinements made in Geneva on 1 August 2004 (The “July 2004 package”) and at the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference in 2005.

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Agriculture

> Original Doha mandate (par 13, 14) ¦ Explanation

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 2) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package ¦ Annex A

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration ¦ Annex A

> Follow developments: agriculture negotiations ¦ agriculture gateway

  

Cotton

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: cotton, including the sub-committee ¦ agriculture negotiations ¦ agriculture gateway

 

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Services  

> Original Doha mandate (par 15) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package ¦ Annex C

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration ¦ Annex C

> Follow developments: services negotiations ¦ services gateway

 

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Market access for non-agricultural products (NAMA)   

> Original Doha mandate (par 16) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package ¦ Annex B

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration ¦ Annex B

> Follow developments: market access negotiations ¦ market access gateway

 

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Balance between agriculture and NAMA  

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration (par 24)

> Follow developments: agriculture negotiations ¦ market access negotiations

 

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Trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS)  

> Original Doha mandate (par 17-19) ¦ Explanation

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 11) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: TRIPS gateway
 

Negotiations: geographical indications — multilateral register for wines and spirits

> Original Doha mandate (par 18) ¦ Explanation
> July 2004 package
> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration
> Follow developments: geographical indications
  

TRIPS, biological diversity and traditional knowledge (Doha paragraph 19)

> Original Doha mandate (par 19) ¦ Explanation
> Implementation in Doha Declaration (par 12) ¦ Explanation
> July 2004 package
> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration
> Follow developments: biological diversity and traditional knowledge gateway
  

Geographical indications — ‘extension’

> Original Doha mandate (par 19) ¦ Explanation
> Implementation in Doha Declaration (par 12) ¦ Explanation
> July 2004 package
> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration
> Follow developments: geographical indications

Doha special issue: TRIPS and public health

> Doha Ministerial Declaration on TRIPS and public health

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: TRIPS and public health gateway
  

TRIPS non-violation and situation complaints

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: ‘Non-violation’ complaints gateway
  

TRIPS, biological diversity and traditional knowledge (Doha paragraph 19)

> Original Doha mandate (par 19) ¦ Explanation

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 11) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: biological diversity and traditional knowledge gateway

 

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Relationship between trade and investment  

> Original Doha mandate (par 20, 22) ¦ Explanation

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 6) ¦ Explanation

> Dropped from the Doha Agenda in the July 2004 package

> Follow developments: investment gateway

 

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Interaction between trade and competition policy  

> Original Doha mandate (par 23, 25) ¦ Explanation

> Dropped from the Doha Agenda in the July 2004 package

> Follow developments: competition policy gateway

 

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Transparency in government procurement  

> Original Doha mandate (par 26) ¦ Explanation

> Dropped from the Doha Agenda in the July 2004 package

> Follow developments: transparency in government procurement gateway

 

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Trade facilitation  

> Original Doha mandate (par 27) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package ¦ Annex D

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration ¦ Annex E

> Follow developments: trade facilitation negotiations ¦ trade facilitation gateway

 

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WTO rules: anti-dumping (GATT Article VI)   

> Original Doha mandate (par 28) ¦ Explanation

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 7) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration ¦ Annex D

> Follow developments: rules negotiations ¦ anti-dumping gateway 

 

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WTO rules: subsidies  

> Original Doha mandate (par 28) ¦ Explanation

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 10) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration ¦ Annex D

> Follow developments: rules negotiations ¦ fisheries subsidies ¦ subsidies and countervailing measures gateway

 

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WTO rules: regional trade agreements  

> Original Doha mandate (par 29) ¦ Explanation

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration ¦ Annex D

> Follow developments: rules negotiations ¦ RTAs negotiations ¦ RTAs gateway

 

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Dispute Settlement Understanding  

> Original Doha mandate (par 30) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: dispute settlement gateway

 

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Trade and environment  

> Original Doha mandate (par 31-33) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: environment negotiations ¦ environment gateway

 

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Electronic commerce  

> Original Doha mandate (par 34) ¦ Explanation

> Follow developments: electronic commerce gateway

 

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Small economies  

> Original Doha mandate (par 35) ¦ Explanation

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: small economies gateway

 

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Trade, debt and finance  

> Original Doha mandate (par 36) ¦ Explanation

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: trade, debt and finance gateway

 

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Trade and transfer of technology  

> Original Doha mandate (par 37) ¦ Explanation

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: trade and transfer of technology gateway

 

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Technical cooperation and capacity building  

> Original Doha mandate (par 38, 41) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: technical cooperation gateway

 

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Least-developed countries  

> Original Doha mandate (par 42, 43) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration ¦ Annex F

> Follow developments: least-developed countries gateway ¦ WTO assistance for developing countries

 

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Special and differential treatment  

> Original Doha mandate (par 44) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration ¦ Annex F

> Follow developments: special and differential treatment gateway

 

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Implementation-related issues and concerns  

> Original Doha mandate (par 12) ¦ Explanation

> Doha Implementation Decision ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration


  

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Integrated Framework  

> Original Doha mandate (par 43)

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: Integrated Framework gateway

 

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Commodity issues  

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

 

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Coherence  

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: coherence gateway

 

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Aid for trade  

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: Aid for Trade gateway

 

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Recently-acceded Members  

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: accessions gateway

 

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Accessions  

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: accessions gateway

 

Implementation

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GATT 1994

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 1) ¦ Explanation

> Follow developments: GATT gateway

 

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Sanitary and phytosanitary measures  

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 3) ¦ Explanation

> Follow developments: sanitary and phytosanitary measures gateway

 

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Technical barriers to trade  

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 5) ¦ Explanation

> Follow developments: technical barriers to trade gateway

 

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Customs valuation (GATT Article VII)  

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 8) ¦ Explanation

> Follow developments: customs valuation gateway

 

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Rules of origin  

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 9) ¦ Explanation

> Follow developments: rules of origin gateway

 

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Cross-cutting issues  

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 12) ¦ Explanation

  

 

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Outstanding implementation issues  

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 13) ¦ Explanation

  

 

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Final provisions  

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 14) ¦ Explanation