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WTO Simulations on Blended Approach for Tariff Reductions in Agriculture presented to WTO MembershipL

16 February, 2004
After Cancun, developing countries analyzed the so-called blended approach to tariff reform proposed in the Derbez text. The Derbez text was the basis for negotiation in Cancun.

Report of TWN Forum on the Impact of Trade Liberlisation on Poor Rural Producers

16 February, 2004
The solution, said Das, is to revise the AoA to correct the imbalances. The rich nations' export subsidies should end immediately, and all types of domestic subsidies should be subjected to reduction.

Update from John Clarke, DG Trade, European Commission at ?Civil Society Dialogue? meeting

16 February, 2004
On agriculture it was not necessary for the EU to identify new flexibilities in agriculture, EU had already demonstrated large degree of flexibility which is still extreme sensitive issue.