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WT/MIN(17)/SR/3  
 
5 April 2018 
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Ministerial Conference  
Eleventh Session  
Buenos Aires,  10-13 December 2017    
 
SUMM ARY RECORD OF THE SE COND PLENARY SESSION  
HELD AT THE HILTON CONVENTION CE NTRE , 
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENT INA ON MONDAY, 11 DECEMB ER, AT 2 P .M. 
Chairperson s:    His Excellen cy Hon. David Parker (New Zealand)  
His Excellency Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah (Nigeria)  
 
 
1  OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITI ES OF THE WTO (AGEND A ITEM 1)  
1.1.  The Chair person  called the meeting to order.  
1.2.  The following statements were made:  
Estonia  H.E. Mrs. Urve Palo  
Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information 
Technology  
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Morocco  H.E. Ms. Rakiya Eddarhem  
Secretary of State for Foreign Trade  
  
Barbados ( on behalf of the 
ACP) H.E. Ms. Maxine P.O. Mc Clean  
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade  
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Netherlands  H.E. Mrs. Sigrid Kaag  
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development 
Cooperation  
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Costa R ica H.E. Mr . Alexander Mora Delgado  
Minister of Foreign Trade  
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Thailand  H.E. Ms. Sunanta Kangvalkulkij  
Ambassador Permanent Representative to the 
WTO and WIPO  
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Egypt  H.E. Mr. Tarek Kabil  
Minister of Trade and Industry  
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Guatemala  H.E. Mr. Victor Asturias  
Minister of the Economy  
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Honduras  H.E. Mr. Dacio Castillo  
Ambassador Permanent Representative to the 
WTO 
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  Moldova, R epublic of  H.E. Mr. Octavian Calmac  
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy 
and Infrastructure  
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Ireland  H.E. Mr. Pat Breen  
Minister of State for Trade, Employment, 
Business, EU Single Market and Data 
Protection  
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Cambodia  H.E. Mr. Sorasak Pan  
Minister of Commerce  
  
New Z ealand  Hon. David Parker  
Minister for Trade and Export Growth  
  
Finland  H.E. Mr. Kai Aslak Mykkänen  
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development of 
Finland  
  
Panama  H.E. Mr. Augusto Arosemena  
Minister of Trade and Industry  
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Iceland  H.E. Mr. Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson  
Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade  
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Viet Nam H.E. Mr. Tran Quoc Khanh  
Vice Minister  
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Separate Customs 
Territory of Taiwan, 
Penghu, Kinmen and 
Matsu  
 H.E. Mr. John Chen -Chung Deng  
Chief Trade Representative  WT/MIN(17)/ST/ 32 
El Salvador  H.E. Ms . Luz Estrella Rodríguez  
Vice-Minister of the Economy  
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Czech R epublic  H.E. Mr. Vladimír Bärtl  
Deputy Minister  
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Austria  Ms. Bernadette Gierlinger  
Vice Minister for Foreign Economic Policy and 
European Integration  
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Togo H.E. Ms. Essossimna Balouki Épse Legzim  
Minister of Trade and Private Sector Promotion  
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France  Mr. Jean -Baptiste L emoyne  
Secretary of State to the Minister for Europe 
and Foreign Affairs  
  
Bulgaria  H.E. Mr. Emil Lyubenov K aranikolov  
Minister of Economy  
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United Arab Emirates  H.E. Mr. Abdulla Al Saleh  
Undersecretary for Foreign Trade and Industry  
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Dominican Republic  Mr. Hugo Fco. Rivera Fernández  
Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs 
and International Cooperation  
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  Germany  H.E. Mr. Matthias Machnig  
Trade Minister  
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Zimbabwe  H.E. Mr. Taonga Mushayavanhu  
Ambassador Permanent Representative to the 
WTO 
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Italy H.E. Mr. Ivan Scalfarotto  
Secretary of State for Foreign Trade and 
Foreign Direct Investment Attraction  
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Portugal  Mr Paulo Ferreira  
Secretary of State for Trade  
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Ecuador  H.E. M r. Pablo Campana  
Minister of Foreign Trade  
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Mongolia  H.E. Mr. Tsogtbaatar Damdin  
Minister for Foreign Affairs  
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Lithuania  Mr. Albinas Zananavičius  
Vice-Minister for European Affairs and Trade  
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Sri Lanka  Mrs. Sheitha Senarathna  
Additional Secretary  
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Saint Lucia  Hon. John Bradly Felix  
Minister for Commerce, International Trade, 
Enterprise Development, Investment and 
Consumer Affairs  
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Denmark  Mrs. Susanne Hyldelund  
State Secretary  
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Peru H.E. M r. Eduardo Ferreyros Kuppers  
Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism  
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Chad Mr. Guetimbaye Abel Mbaikombe  
Deputy Secretary General  
  
World B ank 
(IGO O bserver)  Mrs. Anabel Gonzalez  
Senior Director  
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1.3.  The meeting adjourned  at 5.33 p.m. 
 
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