. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  TN/C/W/36 
2 December 2005 
 (05-5762) 
Trade Negotiations Committee 
30 November 2005 Original:   English 
 
 
 
STATEMENT BY BARBADOS 
 
  The following statement by the delegation of Barbados, also on behalf of a number of other 
delegations, under agenda item 3 at the TNC meeti ng of 30 November 2005, is being circulated at the 
request of that delegation.   
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Statement to the Trade Negotiations Committee of November 30, 2005 by the Small Economy 
Delegations of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados , Bolivia, Cuba, Domini ca, Dominican Republic,  
El Salvador, Fiji, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras , Jamaica, Mauritius, M ongolia, Nicaragua, Papua 
New Guinea, Paraguay, Solomon Islands, St Kitts and Nevis, St.  Lucia, St.  Vincent and the 
Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago  
   Members will recall that the July 2004 Package gave a directive that in the course of the 
negotiations special attention shall be given to th e specific trade and development related needs and 
concerns of developing countries.  It is in the contex t of this directive and in line with requests from our 
trading partners that small economy proponents have  been elaborating our in terests in the negotiating 
groups.  To date, negotiating propos als outlining specific tr eatment for small ec onomies in the NAMA 
and agriculture negotiations have been tabled in the related negotiating bodies; in  the area of services, 
language on small, vulnerable economies was proposed fo r inclusion into the Chair's report to the TNC; 
and in the area of rules, a number of small economy delegations tabled a proposa l on fisheries subsidies.  
Small Economy delegations will continue to activel y pursue our interests in these and other negotiating 
and other bodies.   The reports by the Chairs of the agriculture, NAMA and services negot iations have reflected 
small economy issues to some extent : less or mo re depending on the report.  From a small economy 
perspective we are not satisfied w ith the results of the negotiating groups, but we recognize that the 
Chairs' factual reports have sought a balance with regard to the st ate of play of the negotiations. 
  The small economy proponents are very concer ned that as we engage in the process of 
identifying issues on which we woul d wish Ministers to ta ke decisions at Hong Kong, we should also 
ensure that any eventual decisions do not foreclose on related proposals which are of key developmental 
interest to us.  To take a specific example, fro m the report of the Chair of the NAMA negotiations, it 
makes a clear recommendation of three issues on wh ich Ministers should "mov e decisively".  Small 
economy delegations wish to emphasize that any progr ess which may emerge on the issues of formula, 
flexibilities and unbound tari ffs must take full account of the circumstances of small economies. 
 
 In addition, it is expectation of the small econo my proponents that the road map formulated by 
Ministers to direct deliberations on all negotiations in the post-Hong Kong phase will include clear TN/C/W/36 
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instruction from Ministers that Members address th e specific needs of sma ll, vulnerable developing 
economies in the negotiating bodies.   The final outcome of the Round must includ e the delivery of meaningful, concrete and 
operational responses to the trade- related problems of small economi es in all areas of the Doha 
Development Agenda if our integration into the mu ltilateral trading system is to be facilitated. 
 
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