WT/GC/W/755  
 
11 December 2018  
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General Council  
12-13 December 2018    
 
PROPOSED AGENDA  
1. REPORT BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE AND 
REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR -GENERAL  
 
2. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BALI, NAIROBI AND BUENOS AIRES OUTCOMES 
(G/RO/87) – STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN  
 
3. WORK PROGRAMME ON SMALL ECONOMIES – REPORT BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 
DEDICATED SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT  
 
4. WORK PROGRAMME ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE - REVIEW OF PROGRESS (S/C/56, 
G/C/64)  
 
5. THE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE ASPECTS OF COTTON – STATEMENT BY THE 
DIRECTOR -GENERAL   
 
6. WTO ACCESSIONS: 2018 ANNUAL REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR -GENERAL 
(WT/ACC/33 – WT/GC/196) – STATEMENT BY DIRECTOR -GENERAL  
 
7. APPELLATE BODY APPOINTMENTS – AMENDMENTS OF THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT 
UNDERSTANDING  
 
A. STATEMENT BY THE EUROPEAN UNION, CHINA, CANADA , NORWAY, NEW ZEALAND, 
SWITZERLAND, AUSTRALIA, REPUBLIC OF KOREA , ICELAND, SINGAPORE AND MEXICO  
 
B. COMMUNICATION FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION, CHINA, CANADA, INDIA, NORWAY, 
NEW ZEALAND, SWITZERLAND, AUSTRALIA, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, ICELAND, 
SINGAPORE,  MEXICO,  COSTA RICA AND MONTENEGRO (WT/GC/W/752 /REV. 2) 
 
C. COMMUNICATION FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION, CHINA,  INDIA AND MONTENEGRO  
(WT/GC/W/753 /REV.1 ) 
 
8. TARGETED DISCUSSIONS ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT ISSUES – COMMUNICATION 
FROM AUSTRALIA,  SINGAPORE AND COSTA RICA (WT/GC/W/75 4/REV.1 ) 
 
9. ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE SPECIAL COMPULSORY LICENSING S YSTEM – 
PARAGRAPH  7 OF THE ANNEX TO THE AMENDED TRIPS AGREEMENT AND 
PARAGRAPH 8 OF THE DECISION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PARAGRAPH 6 OF 
THE DOHA DECLARATION ON THE TRIPS AGREEMENT AND PUBLIC H EALTH 
(WT/L/540 AND WT/L/540/ CORR .1) – REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRIPS 
(IP/C/82)  
 
10. WAIVERS UNDER ARTICLE IX OF THE WTO AGREEMENT1 
 
A. INTRODUCTION OF HARMONIZED SYSTEM 2002 CHANGES INTO WTO  SCHEDULES OF 
TARIFF CONCESSIONS - DRAFT DECISION (G/C/W/756)  
 
                                                
1 In connection with  this Item, the attention of Members is drawn to the Decision -Making Procedures 
under Articles IX and XII of the WTO Agreement agreed by the General Council on 15 November 1995 (WT/L/93).  WT/GC/W/755  
 
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  B. INTRODUCTION OF HARMONIZED SYSTEM 2007 CHANGES INTO WTO SCHEDULES OF 
TARIFF CONCESSIONS – DRAFT DECISION (G/C/W/757)  
 
C. INTRODUCTION OF HARMONIZED SYSTEM 2012 CHANGES INTO WTO SCHEDULES OF 
TARIFF CONCESSIONS – DRAFT DECISION (G/C/W/758)  
 
D. INTRODUCTIO N OF HARMONIZED SYSTEM 2017 CHANGES INTO WTO SCHEDULES OF 
TARIFF CONCESSIONS - DRAFT DECISION ( G/C/W/759/REV.1)  
 
E. REVIEW OF WAIVERS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE IX:4 OF THE WTO AGREEMENT  
 
 i. Preferential Treatment in favour of Services and Service Suppliers of L east 
Developed  Countries, granted on 17  December  2011 until 31 December 2030 
(WT/L/847, WT/L/982)  
 
 ii. Cuba – Article XV:6 – Extension of waiver, gran ted on 7 December 2016 until 
31 December 2021 (WT/L/1003, WT/L/1043)  
 
 iii. European Union – Application of Autonomous Preferential Treatment to the 
Western Balkans, granted on 7 December 2016 until 31 December 2021 
(WT/L/1002, WT/L/1044)  
 
 iv. United States – African Growth and Opportun ity Act, granted on 
30 November  2015 until 30  September 2025 (WT/L/970, W T/L/1045 , 
WT/L/1045 /Corr.12) 
 
 v. United States – Former Trust Territory of th e Pacific Islands, granted on 
7 December 2016 until 31 December 2026 (WT/L/1000, WT/L/1046)  
 
 vi. United States – Trade Preferences granted to Nepal, granted on 7 December 2016 
until 31  December 2025 (WT/L/1001, WT/L/1047)  
 
11. COMMITTEE ON BUDGET, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION - REPORT ON MEETINGS 
OF JULY, SEPTEMBER AND NOVEMBER 2018 (WT/BFA/174, WT/BFA/175, 
WT/BFA/176)  
 
12. INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE UNCTAD/WTO - REPORT OF THE JOI NT ADVISORY 
GROUP ON ITS 52ND SESSION  (ITC/AG(LII)/272)  
 
13. REVIEW OF WTO ACTIVITIES  
 
 Reports of:  
 
 i. General Council (WT/GC/W/751), Dispute Settlement Body (WT/DSB/76), and 
Trade Policy Review Body (WT/TPR/426)  
 
 ii. Sectoral Councils (G/L/ 1282, G/L/12 82/Add.1, S/C/55, and IP/C/81) and 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (G/L/1281), Committee on Agriculture 
(G/L/1283), and Committee on Customs Valuation (G/L/1284)  
 
 iii. Committees  on Trade and Development (WT/COMTD/97), Trade and Environment 
(WT/CTE/25), Balance -of-Payments Restrictions (WT/BOP/R/116), Budget, 
Finance and Administration (WT/BFA/177), and Regional Trade Agreements 
(WT/REG/29)  
 
 iv. Working Groups on Trade, Debt and Finance (WT/WGTDF/17) and Trade and 
Transfer of Technology (WT/WGTT T/20)  
 
 v. Committees under the Plurilateral Trade Agreements (GPA/ AR/1, WT/L /1041 – 
TCA/14)  
                                                
2 In English only.  WT/GC/W/755  
 
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14. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS TO WTO BODIES – ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN 
PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 7.1(A) OF THE GUIDELINES (WT/L/510)  
 
OTHER BUSINESS  
 
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