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WT/WGTTT/M/45  
 
16 June 2014  
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Working Group on Trade and Transfer of Technology 
Forty-Fifth Session    
 
NOTE ON THE MEETING OF 11 APRIL 2014 
Chairperson: H.E. Dr. Abdolazeez S. Al-Otaibi (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) 
 
A. ADOPTION OF TH E AGENDA .................................................................................... 1  
B. ELECTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON ............................................................................ 1  
C. ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRADE AND TRANSFER OF 
TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................................................... 1 
D. ANY POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS ON STEPS THAT MIGHT BE TAKEN 
WITHIN THE MANDATE OF THE WTO TO INCREASE FLOWS OF TECHNOLOGY TO 
DEVELOPING CO UNTRIES ................................................................................................ 1  
E. OTHER BUSINESS .................................................................................................... 2  
 
 A. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA  
1. The agenda contained in Airgram WTO/AIR/4275 of 1 April 2014 was adopted.  
B. ELECTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON  
2. The Working Group formally elected Ambassado r Abdolazeez S. Al-Otaibi of the Kingdom of 
Saudi Arabia as the Chairperson of the Working Group. While welcoming the new Chairperson, 
Members expressed their appreciation for the outg oing Chair and her leadership that had helped 
promote the work of the Group all through the last year.  
C. 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 for the Secret ariat's presentation, at the Working Group's 
previous meeting, on the findings of a Novemb er 2012 Workshop on "Environmental Technology 
Dissemination; Challenges and Opportunities related to Environmental Technology Dissemination". The discussion underscored the fact that these information-sharing exercises were crucial in 
enhancing Members' understanding of the complex technology transfer process and its nexus with 
trade.  
D. ANY POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS ON STEPS THAT MIGHT BE TAKEN WITHIN 
THE MANDATE OF THE WTO TO INCREASE FLOWS OF TECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOPING 
COUNTRIES 
4. 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 Technology to Developing Countries". The proponents said that they were looking forward to a 
productive discussion in the forthcoming workshop on trade and transfer of technology in June, 
and expressed hope that the deliberations in the workshop would help them in further developing WT/WGTTT/M/45 
 
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  a more concrete formal submission. They also indicated that that they were working with 
stakeholders at home and consulting with other countries on how aspects related to the enabling environment for technology transfer could be worked into the proposal.   
5. Members were also briefed by the Secretariat on the arrangements for the forthcoming 
workshop on trade and transfer of technology to be held on 16 June 2014. The workshop will be spread over two sessions with each session divide d into three sub-sessions. The list of speakers 
includes representatives from intergovernmental organizations, academia, experts from Member 
governments and from the private sector.   E. OTHER BUSINESS 
6. No matter was raised under other business. 
 
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