Archive - juin 2006

juin 28th

Leaving It Up to Ministers

27 June, 2006
Key members of the World Trade Organization yesterday sharply differed over what constitutes the level of political 'ambition' in the Doha Development Agenda modalities for agriculture and market-opening for industrials challenging whether 'real cuts' and 'new market access' are part of the overall mandate

NAMA modalities paper criticised by NAMA-11

27 June, 2006
The NAMA-11 group of developing countries has strongly criticised the paper relating to modalities for non-agricultural market access(NAMA) for its unhelpful structure, for omitting the views of members or not reflecting their views accurately in some areas, and for creating confusion as to whether the textual language provided on specific issues was supposed to enjoy agreement or were merely put forward by the Chair under his own responsibility.

A Marathon G-6 Ministerial

27 June, 2006
Trade chiefs of the Group-of-Six nations will meet Thursday in a 'last-ditch' effort to resolve all the remaining issues in the trade-distorting domestic support and market access pillars of Doha Development Agenda farm trade negotiations

Sequencing the WTO 'Ministerial' and Scenarios of the Stages it has to Clear

27 June, 2006
A document listing issues to be tackled at the WTO 'Mini-Ministerial' starting on 30 June, and the sequence in which the discussion will take place, was discussed in a Green Room meeting of about 30 Ambassadors with WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy on Tuesday 27 June morning.

Planning the End of the Beginning

27 June, 2006
World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy yesterday circulated a revised list of issues designed for discussion by the 30-plus trade ministers that arrive here this week in an attempt to conclude negotiating modalities for the Doha Development Agenda trade in agriculture and nonagricultural market access.

juin 27th

Lettre aux ministres, Juin 2006

26 June, 2006
26 May, 2009

Aux :  Ministres du commerce auprès de l’OMC

CC :  Pascal Lamy, Directeur Général de l’OMC et Président du Comité des Négociations Commerciales
          Ambassadeur Falconer, Président du Comité de l’Agriculture, Sessions spéciales
          Ambassadeur Stephenson, Président du Groupe de Négociation sur l’Accès aux Marchés

 

Anti-globalisers want WTO trade round 'buried'

26 June, 2006
More than 100 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) opposed to trade liberalisation on Tuesday demanded the WTO's troubled Doha round be 'buried' as ministers prepare to fly to Geneva in a bid to revitalise it.

Uncertainty reigns as stage is set for WTO talks this week

26 June, 2006
The stage is set for a week or more of intense negotiations at the WTO as Ministers of some 40 to 50 countries are expected to arrive in Geneva in an effort to boost the flagging Doha negotiations.

Time for a New Approach to the Multilateral Trading System: Over 100 Civil Society Groups Demand the Burial of the Doha Round

26 June, 2006
In a letter sent today to Trade Ministers at the WTO, more than 100 civil society groups from around the world denounced the legitimacy of an exclusive Ministerial meeting in Geneva this week, and urged trade ministers to develop a new approach to the multilateral trading system. The signatories represented civil society groups from more than 30 countries, including the big WTO players - US, EU, Japan, Canada, Australia and India - as well as smaller countries like, Senegal, Uganda, Nigeria and Bolivia.

Agriculture Modalities draft issued, with warning against false solutions

26 June, 2006
The two papers on draft possible modalities for agriculture and non-agricultural market access (NAMA) for the WTO negotiations were issued on Thursday (22 June) at lunch-time, a day after they were expected to be sent to Members. A meeting on Friday morning will allow members to give their comments on the agriculture paper.