Tenth Fao Round Table Meeting for Pacific Island Countries on WTO and Regional Trade Agreements and Provisions

Tenth Fao Round Table Meeting for Pacific Island Countries on WTO and Regional Trade Agreements and Provisions

Wellington, New Zealand, 17-21 September 2007

Year of publication 2007

Pages 65

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Synopsis (short abstract) The Tenth Round Table Meeting for Pacific Island Countries (RTM) on WTO and Regional Trade Agreements and Provisions was held at the Kingsgate Portland Hotel in Wellington, New Zealand, 17-21 September 2007. The meeting was attended by participants from the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Resource persons and speakers for the meeting were provided by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations ( FAO), the Government of New Zealand, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and its Auckland-based Pacific Islands Trade and Investment Commission (PITIC), and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). Representatives of the European Union (EU) and the Government of Italy also attended. The fu ll list of participants and resource persons is attached as Annex 1.

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