Proposed Agenda

I. China — Transitional Review Under Section 18.2 of the Protocol of Accession to the WTO Agreement (WT/GC/116, G/L/875, S/C/31, IP/C/50, WT/BOP/R/89)

II.   Report by the Chairman of the Trade Negotiations Committee

III.  Work Programme on Small Economies — Report by the Chairman of the Dedicated Session of the Committee on Trade and Development 

IV.   Work Programme on Special and Differential Treatment — Report by the Chairman of the Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Development

V. Follow-up to the 1 August 2004 General Council Decision and the Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration on the Doha Work Programme — Statement by the Director-General on the Development Assistance Aspects of Cotton

VI.   Non-recognition of rights under Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 — Communications from Honduras and Guatemala (WT/GC/85, WT/GC/90 and corr.1, WT/GC/100, WT/MIN(05)/9) — Statement by the Chairman

VII.  Transparency for preferential Trade arrangements — Statement by the Chairman of the Committee on Trade and Development

VIII. WTO Pension Plan

A. Annual Report of the Management Board for 2007 (WT/L/736)

B. Actuarial position of the Pension Plan — Statement by the Chairman of the Management Board

IX.   Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration

A. Report of the Committee on its meeting of 9 October 2008 (WT/BFA/105)

B. Report of the Committee on its meeting of 23 October 2008 (WT/BFA/106)

C. Report of the Committee on its meetings of November and December 2008 (WT/BFA/107)

X. Review under paragraph 8 of the Decision on the Implementation of Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health (WT/L/540 and Corr.1) — Report of the Council for Trips (IP/C/49)

XI.   Waivers under Article IX of the WTO Agreement(1)

A. Introduction of Harmonized System 2002 changes into WTO schedules of tariff concessions — Draft decision (G/C/W/601/Rev.1)

B. Introduction of Harmonized System 2007 changes into WTO schedules of tariff concessions — Draft decision (G/C/W/602)

C. Review of waivers pursuant to Article IX:4 of the WTO Agreement

(i). Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for rough diamonds, granted on 15 December 2006 until 31 December 2012 (WT/L/676)

(ii). Canada — CARIBCAN, granted on 15 December 2006, from 1 January 2007 until 31 December 2011 (WT/L/677, WT/L/741)

(iii). Cuba — Article XV:6 of GATT 1994, granted on 15 December 2006 until 31 December 2011 (WT/L/678, WT/L/742)

XII.  Appointment of Officers to WTO Bodies — Announcement by the Chairman pursuant to paragraph 7.1(a) of the guidelines (WT/L/510)

XIII. Review of WTO Activities

Reports of:

(i). General Council (WT/GC/W/595), Dispute Settlement Body (WT/DSB/47 and Add.1), and Trade Policy Review Body (WT/TPR/232)

(ii). Sectoral Councils (G/L/876, S/C/30 and IP/C/51)

(iii). Committees on Trade and Development (WT/COMTD/69), Trade and Environment (WT/CTE/15), Balance-of-Payments Restrictions (WT/BOP/R/90), Budget, Finance and Administration (WT/BFA/108), and Regional Trade Agreements (WT/REG/19)

(iv). Working Groups on Trade, Debt and Finance (WT/WGTDF/7) and Trade and Transfer of Technology (WT/WGTTT/10)

(v). Committees under the Plurilateral Trade Agreements (GPA/95, WT/L/743)

 

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