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//* CREATION : 03/09/2009
//* AUTHOR : Jane M Pickett
//* CONTENT : Data for groupings functions
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var groups = new Array(); // array for subject categories
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP026",
title: "Joint proposal (in intellectual property)",
subject: "TRIPS",
issue:"TRIPS GI register",
nature:"",
members:"ARG#AUS#CAN#CHL#CRI#DOM#ECU#SLV#GTM#HND#ISR#JPN#KOR#MEX#NZL#NIC#PRY#ZAF#CHT#USA",
description:"Sponsors of TN/IP/W/10/Rev.2 proposing a database that is entirely voluntary",
website:"http://www.wto.org/trips#issues",
documents: "TN/IP/W/10/Rev.2"
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP025",
title: "“W52” sponsors",
subject: "TRIPS",
issue:"Intellectual property (TRIPS)",
nature:"",
members:"ALB#AGO#ATG#AUT#BRB#BEL#BLZ#BEN#BWA#BRA#BGR#BFA#BDI#CMR#CPV#CAF#TCD#CHN#COL#COG#CIV#HRV#CUB#CYP#CZE#COD#DNK#DJI#DMA#DOM#ECU#EGY#EST#EEC#FJI#FIN#MKD#FRA#GAB#GMB#GEO#DEU#GHA#GRC#GRD#GIN#GNB#GUY#HTI#HUN#ISL#IND#IDN#IRL#ITA#JAM#KEN#KGZ#LVA#LSO#LIE#LTU#LUX#MDG#MWI#MLI#MLT#MRT#MUS#MDA#MAR#MOZ#NAM#NLD#NER#NGA#PAK#PNG#PER#POL#PRT#ROM#RWA#KNA#LCA#VCT#SEN#SLE#SVK#SVN#SLB#ZAF#ESP#LKA#SUR#SWZ#SWE#CHE#TZA#THA#TGO#TON#TTO#TUN#TUR#UGA#GBR#ZMB#ZWE",
description:"Sponsors of TN/C/W/52, a proposal for “modalities” in negotiations on geographical indications (the multilateral register for wines and spirits, and extending the higher level of protection beyond wines and spirits) and “disclosure” (patent applicants to disclose the origin of genetic resources and traditional knowledge used in the inventions). The list includes as groups: the EU, ACP and African Group. * Dominican Rep. is in the ACP and South Africa is in the African Group, but they are sponsors of TN/IP/W/10/Rev.2 on geographical indications",
website:"",
documents: "TN/C/W/52"
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP024",
title: "Friends of Fish (FoFs)",
subject: "RULES",
issue:"Rules (fisheries subsidies)",
nature:"",
members:"ARG#AUS#CHL#COL#ECU#ISL#NZL#NOR#PAK#PER#USA",
description:"Informal coalition seeking to significantly reduce fisheries subsidies. From time to time other WTO members also identify themselves as “Friends of Fish”",
website:"",
documents: ""
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP023",
title: "Friends of A-D Negotiations (FANs)",
subject: "RULES",
issue:"Rules (anti-dumping)",
nature:"",
members:"BRA#CHL#COL#CRI#HKG#ISR#JPN#KOR#MEX#NOR#SGP#CHE#CHT#THA#TUR",
description:"Coalition seeking more disciplines on the use of anti-dumping measures",
website:"",
documents: ""
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP021",
title: "Friends of Ambition (NAMA)",
subject: "NAMA",
issue:"NAMA",
nature:"",
members:"AUS#AUT#BEL#BGR#CAN#CYP#CZE#DNK#EST#EEC#FIN#FRA#DEU#GRC#HUN#IRL#ITA#JPN#LVA#LTU#LUX#MLT#NLD#NZL#NOR#POL#PRT#ROM#SVK#SVN#ESP#SWE#CHE#GBR#USA",
description:"Seeking to maximize tariff reductions and achieve real market access in NAMA. (Some nuanced differences in positions.)",
website:"",
documents: ""
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP020",
title: "Paragraph 6 countries",
subject: "NAMA",
issue:"NAMA",
nature:"",
members:"CMR#COG#CIV#CUB#GHA#KEN#MAC#MUS#NGA#LKA#SUR#ZWE",
description:"Group of countries with less than 35% of non-agricultural products covered by legally bound tariff ceilings. They have agreed to increase their binding coverage substantially, but want to exempt some products. (In paragraph 6 of the first version of the NAMA text, later paragraph 8.)",
website:"",
documents: ""
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP019",
title: "NAMA-11",
subject: "NAMA",
issue:"NAMA",
nature:"",
members:"ARG#BRA#EGY#IND#IDN#NAM#PHL#ZAF#TUN#VEN",
description:"Coalition of developing countries seeking flexibilities to limit market opening in industrial goods trade",
website:"",
documents: ""
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP018",
title: "Cotton-4",
subject: "AG",
issue:"Agriculture (Cotton)",
nature:"",
members:"BEN#BFA#TCD#MLI",
description:"West African coalition seeking cuts in cotton subsidies and tariffs",
website:"",
documents: ""
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP017",
title: "G-33",
subject: "AG",
issue:"Agriculture",
nature:"",
members:"ATG#BRB#BLZ#BEN#BOL#BWA#CHN#COG#CIV#CUB#DMA#DOM#SLV#GRD#GTM#GUY#HTI#HND#IND#IDN#JAM#KEN#KOR#MDG#MUS#MNG#MOZ#NIC#NGA#PAK#PAN#PER#PHL#KNA#LCA#VCT#SEN#LKA#SUR#TZA#TTO#TUR#UGA#VEN#ZMB#ZWE",
description:"Also called “Friends of Special Products” in agriculture. Coalition of developing countries pressing for flexibility for developing countries to undertake limited market opening in agriculture",
website:"",
documents: ""
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP016",
title: "G-20",
subject: "AG",
issue:"Agriculture",
nature:"",
members:"ARG#BOL#BRA#CHL#CHN#CUB#ECU#EGY#GTM#IND#IDN#MEX#NGA#PAK#PRY#PER#PHL#ZAF#TZA#THA#URY#VEN#ZWE",
description:"Coalition of developing countries pressing for ambitious reforms of agriculture in developed countries with some flexibility for developing countries (not to be confused with the G-20 group of finance ministers and central bank governors, and its recent summit meetings)",
website:"http://www.g-20.mre.gov.br",
documents: ""
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP015",
title: "G-10",
subject: "AG",
issue:"Agriculture",
nature:"",
members:"ISL#ISR#JPN#KOR#LIE#MUS#NOR#CHE#CHT",
description:"Coalition of countries lobbying for agriculture to be treated as diverse and special because of non-trade concerns (not to be confused with the Group of Ten Central Bankers)",
website:"",
documents: ""
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP014",
title: "Tropical products",
subject: "AG",
issue:"Agriculture",
nature:"",
members:"BOL#COL#CRI#ECU#GTM#NIC#PAN#PER",
description:"Coalition of developing countries seeking greater market access for tropical products",
website:"",
documents: ""
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP013",
title: "Cairns group",
subject: "AG",
issue:"Agriculture",
nature:"",
members:"ARG#AUS#BOL#BRA#CAN#CHL#COL#CRI#GTM#IDN#MYS#NZL#PAK#PRY#PER#PHL#ZAF#THA#URY",
description:"Coalition of agricultural exporting nations lobbying for agricultural trade liberalization.",
website:"http://www.cairnsgroup.org",
documents: ""
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP012",
title: "Low-income economies in transition",
subject: "AG",
issue:"Agriculture",
nature:"",
members:"ARM#KGZ#MDA",
description:"Seeking to secure the same treatment as least-developed countries. (Georgia formally withdrew, but in the agriculture draft the full list is: Albania, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyz Rep, Moldova)",
website:"",
documents: ""
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP011",
title: "Recent new members (RAMs)",
subject: "AG#NAMA#RULES",
issue:"General",
nature:"",
members:"ALB#ARM#CPV#CHN#HRV#ECU#MKD#GEO#JOR#KGZ#MDA#MNG#OMN#PAN#SAU#CHT#TON#UKR#VNM",
description:"Recently acceded members (RAMs), ie, countries that negotiated and joined the WTO after 1995, seeking lesser commitments in the negotiations because of the liberalization they have undertaken as part of their membership agreements. Excludes least-developed countries because they will make no new commitments, and EU members",
website:"",
documents: ""
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP010",
title: "Small, vulnerable economies (SVEs) — rules",
subject: "RULES",
issue:"Rules (fisheries subsidies)",
nature:"",
members:"BRB#CUB#DMA#DOM#SLV#FJI#HND#JAM#MDV#MUS#NIC#PNG#LCA#VCT#TON",
description:"Sponsors of TN/RL/W/226/Rev.5",
website:"",
documents: "TN/RL/W/226/Rev.5"
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP009",
title: "Small, vulnerable economies (SVEs) — NAMA",
subject: "NAMA",
issue:"NAMA",
nature:"",
members:"ATG#BRB#BOL#DMA#DOM#SLV#FJI#GRD#GTM#HND#JAM#MDV#MNG#NIC#PNG#PRY#KNA#LCA#VCT#TTO",
description:"This list is based on sponsors of proposals. See also: definition in paragraph 13 of the 10 July 2008 revised draft NAMA modalities",
website:"",
documents: ""
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP008",
title: "Small, vulnerable economies (SVEs) — agriculture",
subject: "AG",
issue:"Agriculture",
nature:"",
members:"BRB#BOL#CUB#DOM#SLV#FJI#GTM#HND#MDV#MUS#MNG#NIC#PNG#PRY#TTO",
description:"This list is based on sponsors of proposals. See also: list in Annex I of the 10 July 2008 revised draft agriculture modalities, and footnote 9 (paragraph 65) and paragraph 151.",
website:"",
documents: ""
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP007",
title: "Least-developed countries (LDCs)",
subject: "AG#NAMA#RULES#TRIPS",
issue:"General",
nature:"",
members:"AGO#BGD#BEN#BFA#BDI#KHM#CAF#TCD#COD#DJI#GMB#GIN#GNB#HTI#LSO#MDG#MWI#MLI#MRT#MOZ#MMR#NPL#NER#RWA#SEN#SLE#SLB#TZA#TGO#UGA#ZMB#AFG#BTN#COM#GNQ#ETH#LAO#LBR#WSM#STP#SDN#VUT#YEM#ERI#KIR#SOM#TLS#TUV",
description:"Least developed countries: the world’s poorest countries. The WTO uses the UN list http://www.un.org/special-rep/ohrlls/ldc/list.htm",
website:"http://www.ldcgroups.org",
documents: ""
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP006",
title: "G-90",
subject: "AG#NAMA#RULES",
issue:"General",
nature:"",
members:"AGO#ATG#BGD#BRB#BLZ#BEN#BWA#BFA#BDI#KHM#CMR#CPV#CAF#TCD#COG#CIV#CUB#COD#DJI#DMA#DOM#EGY#FJI#GAB#GMB#GHA#GRD#GIN#GNB#GUY#HTI#JAM#KEN#LSO#MDG#MWI#MDV#MLI#MRT#MUS#MAR#MOZ#MMR#NAM#NPL#NER#NGA#PNG#RWA#KNA#LCA#VCT#SEN#SLE#SLB#ZAF#SUR#SWZ#TZA#TGO#TTO#TUN#UGA#ZMB#ZWE#AFG#BHS#BTN#COM#GNQ#ETH#LAO#LBR#WSM#STP#SYC#SDN#VUT#YEM#COK#ERI#KIR#MHL#FSM#NRU#NIU#PLW#SOM#TLS#TUV",
description:"African Group + ACP + least-developed countries",
website:"",
documents: ""
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP005",
title: "Mercosur",
subject: "AG#NAMA#RULES",
issue:"General",
nature:"Customs union",
members:"ARG#BRA#PRY#URY",
description:"Common Market of the Southern Cone, a customs union (Mercosul in Portuguese)",
website:"http://www.mercosur.int",
documents: ""
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP004",
title: "EU",
subject: "AG#NAMA#RULES#TRIPS",
issue:"General",
nature:"Customs union",
members:"AUT#BEL#BGR#CYP#CZE#DNK#EST#EEC#FIN#FRA#DEU#GRC#HUN#IRL#ITA#LVA#LTU#LUX#MLT#NLD#POL#PRT#ROM#SVK#SVN#ESP#SWE#GBR",
description:"European Union",
website:"http://ec.europa.eu",
documents: ""
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP003",
title: "APEC",
subject: "NAMA#RULES",
issue:"General",
nature:"Regional",
members:"AUS#BRN#CAN#CHL#CHN#HKG#IDN#JPN#KOR#MYS#MEX#NZL#PNG#PER#PHL#SGP#CHT#THA#USA#VNM#RUS",
description:"Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum",
website:"http://www.apec.org",
documents: ""
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP002",
title: "African group",
subject: "AG#NAMA#RULES#TRIPS",
issue:"General",
nature:"Regional",
members:"AGO#BEN#BWA#BFA#BDI#CMR#CPV#CAF#TCD#COG#CIV#DJI#EGY#GAB#GMB#GHA#GIN#GNB#KEN#LSO#MDG#MWI#MLI#MRT#MUS#MAR#MOZ#NAM#NER#NGA#RWA#SEN#SLE#ZAF#SWZ#TZA#TGO#TUN#UGA#ZMB#ZWE",
description:"African members of the WTO",
website:"",
documents: ""
};
groups[groups.length] = {
code:"GRP001",
title: "ACP",
subject: "AG",
issue:"Agricultural preferences",
nature:"Geographical",
members:"AGO#ATG#BRB#BLZ#BEN#BWA#BFA#BDI#CMR#CPV#CAF#TCD#COG#CIV#CUB#COD#DJI#DMA#DOM#FJI#GAB#GMB#GHA#GRD#GIN#GNB#GUY#HTI#JAM#KEN#LSO#MDG#MWI#MLI#MRT#MUS#MOZ#NAM#NER#NGA#PNG#RWA#KNA#LCA#VCT#SEN#SLE#SLB#ZAF#SUR#SWZ#TZA#TGO#TON#TTO#UGA#ZMB#ZWE#BHS#COM#GNQ#ETH#LBR#WSM#STP#SYC#SDN#VUT#COK#ERI#KIR#MHL#FSM#NRU#NIU#PLW#SOM#TLS#TUV",
description:"African, Caribbean and Pacific countries with preferences in the EU",
website:"http://www.acpsec.org",
documents: ""
};
var update_date = "18 April 2011";
var issue_text = "Issues";
var nature_text = "Nature";
var website_text = "Website";
var documents_text = "Documents";
var mbr_text = "WTO members";
var acc_text = "WTO observers";
var oth_text = "Not WTO members or observers";
var group_page = "/english/tratop_e/dda_e/negotiating_groups_e.htm#";
var country_group_text1 = " is a member of these groups in the negotiations:";
var country_group_text2 = " is a member of these groups in the negotiations:";
var group_dispute = new Array();
select_group = ["Select a group...", "Any group"];
var group_maps_url = "/english/tratop_e/dda_e/negotiating_groups_maps_e.htm?group_selected=";
var group_map_link = "See this on a map";
var group_title = "Groups in the negotiations";
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