WTO: 2008 NEWS ITEMS

DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA: MARKET ACCESS (NAMA) NEGOTIATIONS

“And agreement is doable if you are interested in it”, he said at the meeting. He also said it was time to remove brackets (sections on which there is no agreement yet) and to add or take things out of the text for members to make progress in this crucial negotiation.

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THE STORY SO FAR

2001: Doha Development Agenda launched (November). Background.

2002: Industrial goods Negotiating Group (NAMA). created by the TNC (February)

2002: First meeting of the Negotiating Group (July).

2004: “The July Framework”. A package for establishing modalities agreed.

2005: Further agreement  at Hong Kong Ministerial Conference (December)

2007: A draft modalities text, “The July 2007 text”.

2008: A revised draft modalities text, “The February 2008 text”.

2008: A revised negotiating text, “The May 2008 text”.

  

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