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WTO STRUCTURED DISCUSSIONS ON  
INVESTMENT FACILITATION FOR  DEVELOPMENT  
NEGOTIATING MEETING OF 7-8 DECEMBER  2020  
ANNOTATED AGENDA BY THE COORDINATOR  
Following the decision taken by participating Members to move into negotiating mode,1 and as 
indicated in the 'Schedule of Meetings for the period September -December 2020' endorsed by 
participating Members,2 the purpose of this meeting is to continue the negotiations on a multilateral 
framework on investment facilitation for development . 
In keeping with the Joint I nitiative 's open, transpar ent and inclusive nature , all WTO Members are 
invited to attend and participate  in this open-ended  negotiating meeting . 
1  DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THE LAST MEETING   
1.1.  The Coordinator will debrief Members on the main take -aways from the open-ended inter -
sessional meetings held on 23 and 27 November 2020.  
1.2.  In case new proposals are submitted before the meeting, the Members concerned will be invited 
to introduce their submissions and the opportunity will be given to other Members to provide 
comments on them.  
2  NEGOTIATIONS ON INVESTMENT FACILITATION FOR DEVELOPMENT  
2.1.   Members will continue negotiations  based on the latest version of the informal consolidated 
text (INF/IFD/RD/50/Rev. 6, forthcoming),  alongside  any other available text proposals by Members 
not yet incorporated into it. Members are encouraged to focus on concrete drafting formulations.  
2.2.  The negotiations will resume on the remaining sections/provisions of the informal consolidated 
text, in the following order  (reference between brackets is to paragraphs and sections of the informal 
consolidated text unles s otherwise indicated) :  
1.   Definitions  under section I  
2.   Most-Favoured Nation Treatment under section I  
3.   Single Portal under section III (based on the proposal in document INF/IFD/RD/60 ) 
4.   Domestic Supplier Database under section IV (based on the proposal in document 
INF/IFD/RD/62)  
5.   Focal / Enquiry Point / Investment Facilitator (element 18, under section IV)  
 
1 See the summaries of the meetings contained in d ocument s INF/IFD/R/10 dated 17 Jan uary 2020; as 
well as  INF/IFD/R/ 15, dated 31 August 2020 ( notably sections 3 and 4 thereof ).  
2 Document INF/IFD/W/24/ Rev.3 of 18 September 2020.  INF/IFD/W/2 8 
 
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  6.   Special and Differential Tre atment for Developing and Least developed country 
Members (section V) : 
• General Principles   
• Implementation   
• Notification of dates for implementation of categories B and C  
• Grace period for the application of the Understanding on Rules and 
Procedures governin g the Settlement of Dispute s 
• Technical assistance and capacity building  
7.   Institutional Arrangements and Final Provisions (section VII) : 
• WTO Committee on Investment Facilitation for Development  
• General Exceptions  
• Security Exceptions  
• [Financial Exceptions]  
• Dispute settlement  
• Final provisions  
8.   Preamble  and objectives  
3  NEXT STEPS   
3.1.  Members will be invited to discuss next steps , following an introduction by the Coordinator .  
4  OTHER BUSINESS   
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