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Use these
links to download audio files or to listen to what Ambassador Falconer said in the
meeting.
This meeting
This was an informal agriculture
negotiations meeting of the full membership, officially an “Informal
Open-Ended Special Session” of the Agriculture Committee.
The latest text and a number of related issues are explained
here, including what “the text” is and says, and a “jargon
buster”.
The chairperson refers to “Room
E” or “Room
D” meetings. These are talks among a group of 37 representative
delegations, also part of the “multilateral process”. They normally
take place in Room E at the WTO headquarters, but sometimes in
another room (eg, Room D). Ultimately, the current phase of the
negotiations is about “modalities”, explained
here.
Ambassador Falconer also mentions “APU”, a
reference to a proposal from Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay on the
Special Safeguard Mechanism for developing countries. Other
alliances in the talks are listed
here
(His opening comments refer to Spain’s Raphael Nadal winning the
men’s singles tennis title at Wimbledon the previous day, and Spain
winning the Euro 2008 football championship a week earlier.)
What is planned for the week of 21
July
At the Trade Negotiations Committee
meeting on 27 June, Director-General Pascal Lamy outlined plans for
a number of ministers to meet in Geneva in the week starting 21
July, on order to negotiate “horizontally” (ie, across a range of
subjects) and to agree on “modalities”. Ambassadors Crawford
Falconer and Don Stephenson, the chairs of the agriculture and
non-agricultural market access (NAMA) negotiations, also reported on
their consultations. Details: here
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