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Issues covered by the WTO’s committees and agreements

Click for Doha Development Agenda gatewaySubjects treated under the Doha Development Agenda

This page gives links to the original mandate agreed at the Doha Ministerial Conference in 2001, and to subsequent refinements made in Geneva on 1 August 2004 (The “July 2004 package”) and at the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference in 2005.


Subjects: Negotiation and implementation
> Agriculture
> Cotton
> Services
> Market access (non-agriculture)
> Balance between Agriculture and NAMA
> Intellectual property (TRIPS)
> TRIPS & public health
> TRIPS non-violation and situation complaints
> TRIPS and biodiversity
> Investment
> Competition
> Transparency in government procurement
> Trade facilitation
> WTO rules: anti-dumping
> WTO rules: subsidies
> WTO rules: regional agreements
> Dispute settlement
> Environment
> E-commerce
> Small economies
> Trade, debt and finance
> Trade and technology transfer
> Technical cooperation
> Least-developed countries
> Special and differential treatment
> Implementation
> Integrated Framework
> Commodity issues
> Coherence
> Aid for trade
> Recently-acceded Members
> Accessions

Subjects: Implementation
> GATT 1994
> SPS
> Technical barriers
> Customs valuation
> Rules of origin
> Cross-cutting issues
> Outstanding implementation issues
> Final provisions


Agriculture     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 13, 14) ¦ Explanation

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 2) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package ¦ Annex A

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration ¦ Annex A

> Follow developments: agriculture negotiations ¦ agriculture gateway

  

Cotton     back to top

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: cotton Sub-Committee ¦ agriculture negotiations ¦ agriculture gateway

  
    

Services     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 15) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package ¦ Annex C

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration ¦ Annex C

> Follow developments: services negotiations ¦ services gateway

  
  

Market access for non-agricultural products (NAMA)      back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 16) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package ¦ Annex B

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration ¦ Annex B

> Follow developments: market access negotiations ¦ market access gateway

  
  

Balance between agriculture and NAMA     back to top

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration (par 24)

> Follow developments: agriculture negotiations ¦ market access negotiations

  
  

Trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS)     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 17-19) ¦ Explanation

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 11) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: TRIPS gateway
 

Negotiations: geographical indications — multilateral register for wines and spirits     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 18) ¦ Explanation
> July 2004 package
> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration
> Follow developments: geographical indications
  

TRIPS, biological diversity and traditional knowledge (Doha paragraph 19)     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 19) ¦ Explanation
> Implementation in Doha Declaration (par 12) ¦ Explanation
> July 2004 package
> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration
> Follow developments: biological diversity and traditional knowledge gateway
  

Geographical indications — ‘extension’     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 19) ¦ Explanation
> Implementation in Doha Declaration (par 12) ¦ Explanation
> July 2004 package
> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration
> Follow developments: geographical indications
  

Doha special issue: TRIPS and public health     back to top

> Doha Ministerial Declaration on TRIPS and public health

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: TRIPS and public health gateway
  

TRIPS non-violation and situation complaints     back to top

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: ‘Non-violation’ complaints gateway
  

TRIPS, biological diversity and traditional knowledge (Doha paragraph 19)     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 19) ¦ Explanation

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 11) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: biological diversity and traditional knowledge gateway

  
  

Relationship between trade and investment     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 20, 22) ¦ Explanation

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 6) ¦ Explanation

> Dropped from the Doha Agenda in the July 2004 package

> Follow developments: investment gateway

  
  

Interaction between trade and competition policy     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 23, 25) ¦ Explanation

> Dropped from the Doha Agenda in the July 2004 package

> Follow developments: competition policy gateway

  
  

Transparency in government procurement     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 26) ¦ Explanation

> Dropped from the Doha Agenda in the July 2004 package

> Follow developments: transparency in government procurement gateway

  
  

Trade facilitation     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 27) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package ¦ Annex D

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration ¦ Annex E

> Follow developments: trade facilitation negotiations ¦ trade facilitation gateway

  
  

WTO rules: anti-dumping (GATT Article VI)      back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 28) ¦ Explanation

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 7) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration ¦ Annex D

> Follow developments: rules negotiations ¦ anti-dumping gateway 

  
  

WTO rules: subsidies     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 28) ¦ Explanation

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 10) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration ¦ Annex D

> Follow developments: rules negotiations ¦ fisheries subsidies ¦ subsidies and countervailing measures gateway

  
  

WTO rules: regional trade agreements     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 29) ¦ Explanation

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration ¦ Annex D

> Follow developments: rules negotiations ¦ RTAs negotiations ¦ RTAs gateway

  
  

Dispute Settlement Understanding     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 30) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: dispute settlement gateway

  
  

Trade and environment     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 31-33) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: environment negotiations ¦ environment gateway

  
  

Electronic commerce     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 34) ¦ Explanation

> Follow developments: electronic commerce gateway

  
  

Small economies     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 35) ¦ Explanation

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: small economies gateway

  
  

Trade, debt and finance     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 36) ¦ Explanation

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: trade, debt and finance gateway

  
  

Trade and transfer of technology     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 37) ¦ Explanation

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: trade and transfer of technology gateway

  
  

Technical cooperation and capacity building     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 38, 41) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: technical cooperation gateway

  
  

Least-developed countries     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 42, 43) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration ¦ Annex F

> Follow developments: least-developed countries gateway ¦ WTO assistance for developing countries

  
  

Special and differential treatment     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 44) ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration ¦ Annex F

> Follow developments: special and differential treatment gateway

  
  

Implementation-related issues and concerns     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 12) ¦ Explanation

> Doha Implementation Decision ¦ Explanation

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

 
  

Integrated Framework     back to top

> Original Doha mandate (par 43)

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: Integrated Framework gateway

  
  

Commodity issues     back to top

> July 2004 package

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

  
  

Coherence     back to top

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: coherence gateway

  
  

Aid for trade     back to top

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: Aid for Trade gateway

  
  

Recently-acceded Members     back to top

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: accessions gateway

  
  

Accessions     back to top

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

> Follow developments: accessions gateway

  
  

Implementation

GATT 1994     back to top

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 1) ¦ Explanation

> Follow developments: GATT gateway

  
  

Sanitary and phytosanitary measures     back to top

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 3) ¦ Explanation

> Follow developments: sanitary and phytosanitary measures gateway

  
  

Technical barriers to trade     back to top

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 5) ¦ Explanation

> Follow developments: technical barriers to trade gateway

  
  

Customs valuation (GATT Article VII)     back to top

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 8) ¦ Explanation

> Follow developments: customs valuation gateway

  
  

Rules of origin     back to top

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 9) ¦ Explanation

> Follow developments: rules of origin gateway

  
  

Cross-cutting issues     back to top

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 12) ¦ Explanation

  

  
  

Outstanding implementation issues     back to top

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 13) ¦ Explanation

  

  
  

Final provisions     back to top

> Doha Implementation Decision (section 14) ¦ Explanation