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Book (series)WTO Negotitions - Eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference (MC11) – Outcomes for agriculture and fisheries
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2018Also available in:
No results found.Between 10 and 13 December 2017, Trade Ministers gathered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to participate in the Eleventh World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference (MC11). Following the conclusion of the meeting, this brief reports on its outcome, with particular reference to the negotiations on agriculture and fisheries. -
Book (stand-alone)Report of the Third Conference of the World Banana Forum
Geveva, Switzerland, 8-9 November 2017
2018The Third Global Conference of the World Banana Forum (WBF) was held at the International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on 8 and 9 November 2017. Over 300 persons representing a wide range of stakeholders from 38 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America were registered for the event with an interest in engaging in discussions on important issues in the global banana industry, including collaboration, gender, business and technical concerns. The participants represented governments, relevant international organizations, importers, exporters, retailers, producer organizations, trade unions, civil society organizations and research institutes. Two important events preceded the Third Global Conference of the WBF, namely, (1) the Multi-Stakeholder Meeting on Gender Equity in the Banana Industry and (2) the 13th Meeting of the Steering Committee of the WBF, both held on 7 November 2017. A side event on Combatting Fusarium Wilt TR4 was held on 10 November 2017, following the end of the Global Conference. This report provides a summary of the key outcomes and discussions that took place during the panel sessions on 8 and 9 November 2017. -
Policy briefThirteenth WTO Ministerial Conference: what outcomes for agriculture and fisheries? 2024
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No results found.The 13th Ministerial Conference of the WTO (MC13) took place from 26 February to 2 March 2024 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The Conference was chaired by the Minister of State for Foreign Trade of the host country. Agriculture and fisheries subsidies were once more at the centre of the deliberations, but no concrete outcome was possible due to differences and divergence of positions among Members. However, WTO Members adopted a number of important decisions and declarations that are relevant for the two sectors. These included a Ministerial Declaration reaffirming the principles and objectives of the WTO and providing the framework for the continuation of the work in a number of areas, a “Ministerial Decision on dispute settlement reform”, a “Ministerial Decision on work programme on small economies”, a “Ministerial Declaration on strengthening regulatory cooperation to reduce technical barriers to trade”, and a “Ministerial Declaration on the precise, effective and operational implementation of special and differential treatment provisions of the agreement on the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures and the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade” . Finally, the Ministerial Conference decided that the Comoros and Timor-Leste may accede to the WTO under the terms and conditions set out in their respective protocols of accession. The two countries will formally join the WTO on the thirtieth day following the date on which the protocols have been accepted by their respective domestic constituencies. The accession of these two new members will bring the total number of WTO members to 166.
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