Archive - 2005

Doha Development Agenda nonagricultural market access negotiations Chairman Stefan Hakur Johannesson on Friday declared an impasse in the talks

A 'bold course of action' to bring services negotiations on par with agriculture and market access for industrials in the ongoing Doha Development Agenda is needed

Panitchpakdi on Friday called on members in an informal meeting to 'immediately change gear' in the negotiations, stressing that 'progress is nowhere near sufficient in terms of our critical path to Hong Kong'

A new paper by IATP which examines the new Blue Box proposal for domestic support under the July Framework and included to accommodate U.S. interests

The report was submitted on 8th July to assist members in moving forward at the China mini-Ministerial and for the July General Council.

A heads-of-delegation informal meeting was held at the WTO on Friday 8 July

In advance of her vote in favor of a U.S. free trade agreement with Central American countries.

Paper submitted by Argentina, Brazil and India during the current NAMA negotiations.

The Bush administration's stance on immigration, already the cause of a political split with some Republicans in Congress, is beginning to erode lawmakers' support for such presidential policy priorities as trade deals and extending the Patriot Act.

The Group of 20 developing countries presented a paper on theirviews regarding how to deal with some elements of trade distortingdomestic support.(M.Khor)