TENTH WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE, NAIROBI, 2015

Briefing notes for the Tenth Ministerial Conference

These briefing notes are designed to provide background information on issues relevant to the Ministerial Conference. While every effort has been made to ensure the contents are accurate, they are not legal interpretations of the WTO agreements, nor do they prejudice member governments’ positions.

Briefing notes
Director-General’s letter to journalists
Agriculture (including export competition, public stockholding and special safeguard mechanism)
Accessions (including Afghanistan and Liberia)
Anti-dumping, safeguards, subsidies (including fisheries subsidies) and regional trade agreements
Cotton
Dispute settlement
E-commerce
Environment (including sustainable development and Environmental Goods Agreement)
Government Procurement Agreement
Information Technology Agreement
Intellectual property (including non-violation cases)
Least-developed countries (including duty-free quota-free market access, rules of origin and services waiver)
Non-agricultural market access
Regional trade agreements (including mega regionals and transparency)
Services (including transparency in domestic regulation)
Trade facilitation
What is a Ministerial Conference?