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WT/WGTTT/M/46  
 
20 October 2014  
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Working Group on Trade and Transfer of Technology 
Forty-Sixth Session    
 
  
NOTE ON THE MEETING OF 17 JUNE 2014 
Chairperson: H.E. Dr. Abdolazeez S. Al-Otaibi (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) 
 
A. ADOPTION OF TH E AGENDA .................................................................................... 1  
B. ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRADE AND TRANSFER OF 
TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................................................... 1 
C. ANY POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS ON STEPS THAT MIGHT BE TAKEN 
WITHIN THE MANDATE OF THE WTO TO INCREASE FLOWS OF TECHNOLOGY TO 
DEVELOPING CO UNTRIES ................................................................................................ 2  
D. OTHER BUSINESS .................................................................................................... 2  
 
 A. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA  
1. The agenda contained in Airgram WTO/AIR/4310 of 5 June 2014 was adopted.  
2. The Working Group on Trade and Transfer of Technology held its 46th formal meeting on 
17 June 2014. The session was held back-to-back with a one day workshop on trade and transfer of technology organized by the Secretariat on 16 June 2014. 
 
B. ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRADE AND TRANSFER OF 
TECHNOLOGY  
3. Under the agenda item on the relationship  between trade and transfer of technology, 
Members expressed appreciation on the holding of a timely and a fruitful workshop on trade and 
transfer of technology which provided them with an opportunity to hear the experts' thoughts on 
the multifaceted and complex nexus between trad e and technology transfer. Members expressed 
their satisfaction with the high quality of presenta tions, the substantive coverage of related issues 
and the rich interactive discussions. They said th at the discussion in the workshop had provided 
them with deeper insight into various underlying issues, factors and actors that surround the 
complexity of the ongoing debate in the Working Gr oup. They also hoped that the deliberations in 
the workshop would pave the way for meaningful progress in their work. Some Members expressed the view that, on the basis of what they heard from the academics/experts in the 
workshop, the Working Group could: (a) explore how liberalization in the services sector could 
facilitate technology and knowledge transfer; and (b) discuss ways on how the Working Group 
could benefit from synergizing its work with other WTO bodies. In this context, particular mention 
was made of a proposal tabled by Ecuador in the TRIPS Council that pertained to Intellectual 
Property Rights and their impact on green technologies and climate change.  
4. Overall, Members expressed satisfaction with  the high-quality views and thoughts that they 
had heard from the experts/academics from across the globe on various elements of innovation, 
technology and its transfer debate.  They expre ssed confidence that the themes emanating from 
the workshop would meaningfully contribute to fu lfilment of the mandate of the Working Group.  
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  C. ANY POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS ON STEPS THAT MIGHT BE TAKEN WITHIN 
THE MANDATE OF THE WTO TO INCREASE FLOWS OF TECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOPING 
COUNTRIES 
5. Under the agenda item on possible recommendations that the Working Group could make in 
the future, Members continued their discussion of an earlier submission entitled "Facilitating 
Access to Information on Appropriate Technology Sourcing – Steps to Increase Flows of T e c h n o l o g y  t o  D e v e l o p i n g  C o u n t r i e s " .  T h e  p r o p o n e n t s  s a i d  t h a t  t h e  W o r k s h o p  o n  T e c h n o l o g y  
Transfer had provided them with an opportunity to have a fresh look at all underlying issues. This 
would help them develop a revised formal submission which they hoped to table in the Working Group in the coming weeks, and they hoped to  work with other Members with a view to 
consolidating the submission.  
 
D. OTHER BUSINESS 
6. No matter was raised under other business. 
 
 
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