TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT: WORKSHOP ON ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS — 11 OCTOBER 2004
Workshop on Environmental Goods Paragraph 31(III) of the DDA
On 11 October 2004, the WTO organized a Workshop on Environmental Goods to assist WTO Members in their deliberations under Paragraph 31(iii) of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA). Paragraph 31 (iii) of the DDA has launched negotiations on “the reduction or, as appropriate, elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers to environmental goods and services” (WT/MIN(01)/DEC/1).
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Paragraph 31 (iii) of the Doha Development Agenda has launched negotiations on “the reduction or, as appropriate, elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers to environmental goods and services.” This workshop focuses on trade liberalization in environmental goods, and has as its objective enhancing Members' understanding of the key issues involved in the negotiations.
The workshop is divided into three sessions. Session 1 provides an overview of the trends in the environmental goods industry. Session 2 addresses the concerns and challenges for developing countries in these negotiations, looking at the experiences of Nicaragua, India, and Kenya. Session 3 examines the practical considerations involved in identifying and defining environmental goods, such as the issues of multiple end-use, and of process and production methods. It looks at how various GATT/WTO sectoral liberalization initiatives have tackled similar definitional problems in the past; at the construction of the APEC list of environmental goods; and at how the Harmonized System operates.
Session 1: Trends in the Environmental Goods Industry back to top
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9.00-9:15 |
Opening Remarks by Chairman, Ambassador
Alejandro Jara, Permanent Mission of Chile to the WTO |
| 9.15-9:30 |
Dr. Dominique Drouet, Recherche
Développement International (RDI) |
| 9.30-9:45 |
Mr. Robert Teh and Mr. Bijit Bora, WTO Secretariat |
| 9.45-10:15 |
Questions and Answers |
Session 2: Key Concerns and Challenges for Developing Countries back to top
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10:15-10:30 |
Mr. Mahesh Sugathan, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable
Development (ICTSD) |
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10:30-10:45 |
Mr. José Guillermo Lopez Lopez,
Ministry of Development, Industry and Commerce, Nicaragua |
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10:45-11:00 |
Mr. Sandeep Singh, The Energy Resources Institute (TERI) |
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11:00-11:15 |
Dr. Moses Ikiara, Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research &
Analysis (KIPPRA) |
| 11:15-11:30 |
Questions and Answers by Mr.
Alexey Vikhlayaev, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
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Session 3: Practical Considerations in Identifying Environmental Goods back to top
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15:00-15:30 |
Mr. Ronald Steenblik, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD) |
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15:30-15:45 |
Mr. John Deng, Delegation of the Separate Customs Territory of
Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu to the WTO |
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15:45-16:00 |
by Mr. Izaak Wind, World Customs Organization (WCO) |
| 16:00-17:30 |
Questions and Answers
by Ms. Solveig Crompton, Permanent Mission of the Republic of South Africa at
Geneva |