Archive - out 18, 2005 - Article

webcast of the NGOs Roundtable forum.

The delegation noted that the WTO negotiations were again being conducted without any transparency and were excluding from the different meetings those countries that are least rich and that have most demands to make in terms of their rights to development.

he Group of 33 developing countries that operates in the WTO's agriculture negotiations has formally submitted a proposal on indicators for the designation of special products.

Photos taken during the WTO NGOs Roundtable Forum.

The Doha negotiations, which only a few months ago was characterized as stalled over many areas of disagreements among Members, are now back in motion.

The Group of 33, which represents the defensive interests of small farmers in developing countries, has criticised the US proposal on market access in agriculture as not taking the principle of special and differential treatment (SDT) seriously.

Link to the G33 proposal on Special Products.

The Group of 20 developing countries has presented new proposals on market access and domestic support as part of the WTO agriculture negotiations.

Link to EC's model schedule proposal

A failure to reach agreement at the forthcoming World Trade Organisation meeting in Hong Kong would destroy the WTO's credibility and undermine the international trading system