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The Director-General said:

“Taking an overview of all of these consultations it is hard to see a way forward. There has been no progress on the gateway issues. We still have no convergence. Of course we shouldn’t draw conclusions too early. I don’t want to prejudge the outcome — but I think I have the responsibility to be honest and realistic. As things stand I see very little prospect of delivering the substantive, meaningful work programme which we have been aiming towards.  That is the reality today. The question is whether we can change this situation by the end of July — and that is up to you.

“We have had a huge range of conversations so far this year — through the work of the Negotiating Groups, through my consultations, in meetings like this, and in meetings convened by you — and while we haven’t seen huge breakthroughs this work has been very illustrative. We’re close to establishing more precisely how far members can go collectively.

“Now it is time for the political calls to be made. Let me be clear, our problem is not about the time available. We have a sense of what we can achieve, so now it’s about making those tough political calls — just like we did in Bali. So this is the priority over the coming weeks. It’s decision time.”

Members agreed in November 2014 to agree a work programme by July this year as a springboard towards the WTO’s 10th Ministerial Conference in Nairobi in December.

 

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