WT/GC/W/793  
 
6 December 2019  
(19-8428) Page: 1/3 
General Council  
9-11 December 2019    
 
 
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/89) – STATEMENT BY THE CHAIR  
 
3. REVIEW OF THE OPERATION OF THE BALI DECISION ON TRQ ADMINISTRATION – 
REPORT TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL (G/AG/29)  
 
4. WORK PROGRAMME ON SMALL ECONOMIES – REPORT BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 
DEDICATED SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT  
 
5. INFORMAL PROCESS ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE FUNCTIONING OF THE 
APPELLATE BODY - REPORT BY THE FACILITATOR AND DRAFT DECISION ON THE 
FUNCTIONING OF THE APPELLATE BODY (WT/GC/W/791)  
 
6. THE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE ASPECTS OF COTTON - STATEMENT BY THE 
DIRECTOR -GENERAL  
 
7. TRIPS NON -VIOLATION AND SITUATI ON COMPLAINTS MORATORIUM – 
COMMUNICATION FROM CANADA, CHILE, COLOMBIA, GUATEMALA, NEW ZEALAND, 
PANAMA AND URUGUAY (WT/GC/W/790)  
 
8. WORK PROGRAMME ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE  
 
 A. STATEMENT BY THE CHAIR  
 
 B. REPORTS BY THE CHAIRS OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOOD S AND OF THE 
COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES (G/C/66 AND S/C/58)  
 
 C. WORK PROGRAMME AND MORATORIUM ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE - 
COMMUNICATION FROM CHAD ON BEHALF OF THE LDC GROUP (WT/GC/W/787)  
 
 D. WORK PROGRAMME AND MORATORIUM ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE - 
COMMUNICATIONS FROM AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHILE; COLOMBIA; COSTA RICA; 
GEORGIA; GUATEMALA; HONG KONG, CHINA; ICELAND; ISRAEL; REPUBLIC OF 
KOREA; MEXICO; NEW ZEALAND; NORWAY; PANAMA; PARAGUAY; SINGAPORE; 
SWITZERLAND; THAILAND AND URUGUAY (WT/GC/W/782/REV.2, WT /GC/W/792)  
 
9. REQUEST FOR OBSERVER STATUS BY THE AFRICAN UNION – COMMUNICATION 
FROM BENIN ON BEHALF OF THE AFRICAN GROUP (WT/GC/W/789)  
 
10. ACCESSION OF CURAÇAO (WT/ACC/CUW/1) – REQUEST FROM THE KINGDOM OF 
THE NETHERLANDS  
 
11. PROCEDURAL GUIDELINES FOR WT O COUNCILS AND COMMITTEES ADDRESSING 
TRADE CONCERNS – STATEMENT BY CO -SPONSORS OF WT/GC/W/777/REV.4  
 WT/GC/W/793  
 
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  12. CHALLENGES POSED TO THE WTO BY NON -MARKET POLICIES AND PRACTICES – 
UNITED STATES  
 
13. PROCEDURES TO STRENGTHEN THE NEGOTIATING FUNCTION OF THE WTO – 
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES (WT/GC/W/757/REV.1 AND 
WT/GC/W/764/REV.1)  
 
14. LDCS VIEWS ON WTO REFORM DISCUSSIONS AND PROPOSALS – STATEMENT BY 
CHAD ON BEHALF OF THE LDC GROUP  
 
15. STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE RULES -BASED MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM – 
STATEMENT BY SWITZERLAND  
 
16. TWELFTH SESSION OF THE MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE - ELECTION OF OFFICERS  
 
17 TRIPS COUNCIL MATTERS  
 
 A. ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE SPECIAL COMPULSORY LICENSING SYSTEM – 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 HEALTH (WT/L/540 AND WT/L/540/CORR.1) 
– REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRIPS (IP/C/84)  
 
B. PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION ON AN EXTENSION OF THE PERIOD FOR THE ACCEPTANCE 
BY MEMBERS OF THE PROTOCOL AMENDING THE TRIPS AGREEMENT (IP/C/83)  
 
18. REVIEW OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED UNDER PARAGRAPH 3 OF GATT  1994 
(WT/L/1055, WT/L/1078)  
 
19. 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/768)  
 
 B. INTRODUCTION OF HARMONIZED SYSTEM 2007 CHANGES INTO WTO SCHEDULES OF 
TARIFF CONCESSIONS – DRAFT DECISION (G/C/W/769)  
 
 C. INTRODUCTION OF HARMONIZED SYSTEM 2012 CHANGES INTO WTO SCHEDULES OF 
TARIFF CONCESSIONS – DRAFT DECISION (G/C/W/770)  
 
 D. INTRODUCTION OF HARMONIZED SYSTEM 2017 CHANGES INTO WTO SCHEDULES OF 
TARIFF CONCESSIONS - DRAFT DECISION (G/C/W/771)  
 
 E. REVIEW OF WAIVERS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE I X:4 OF THE WTO AGREEMENT  
 
 (i) Preferential Treatment in favour of Services and Service Suppliers of Least 
Developed  Countries, granted on 17  December  2011 until 31  December  2030 
(WT/L/847, WT/L/982)  
 
 (ii) Kimberly Process Certification Scheme for Rough Diamonds, granted on 
26 July 2018 to 31  December  2024 (WT/L/1039)  
 
 (iii) Cuba – Article XV:6 – Extension of waiver, granted on 7 December 2016 until 
31 December 2021 (WT/L/1003, WT/L/1076)  
 
 (iv) 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/1077)  
 
                                                
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/793  
 
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   (v) United States – African Growth and Opportunity Act, granted on 
30 November  2015 until 30  September 2025 (WT/L/970, WT/L/1073)  
 
 (vi) United States – Former Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, granted on 
7 December 2016 until 31 December 2026 (WT/L/1000, WT/L/1074)  
 
 (vii) United States – Trade Preferences granted to Nepal, granted on 
7 December  2016 until 31  December 2025 (WT/L/1 001, WT/L/1075)  
 
20. COMMITTEE ON BUDGET, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION - REPORTS ON MEETINGS 
OF APRIL, JUNE, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2019 (WT/BFA/179, 
WT/BFA/180, WT/BFA/181, WT/BFA/182 WT/BFA/183)  
 
21. WTO PENSION PLAN – ELECTION OF A MEMBER (WT/GC/W/786)  
 
22. INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE UNCTAD/WTO - REPORT OF THE JOINT ADVISORY 
GROUP ON ITS 53RD SESSION (ITC/AG(LIII)/276)  
 
23. REVIEW OF WTO ACTIVITIES  
 
 Reports of: 
 
 (i) General Council (WT/GC/W/788) and Trade Policy Review Body (WT/TPR/440)  
 
 (ii) Sectoral Councils (G/L/1343, S/C/59, and IP/C/85) and Committees on Anti-
Dumping (G/L/1344), Subsidies and Countervailing  Measures (G/L/1341), 
Safeguards (G/L/1346) and Technical Barriers to Trade (G/L/1340)  
 
 (iii) Committees  on Trade and Development (WT/COMTD/99), Trade and Environment 
(WT/CTE/262), Balance -of-Payments Restrictions (WT/BOP/R/117), Budget, 
Finance and Administration (WT/BFA/184), and Regional Trade Agreements 
(WT/REG/30)  
 
 (iv) Working Groups o n Trade, Debt and Finance (WT/WGTDF/18) and Trade and 
Transfer of Technology (WT/WGTTT/21)  
 
 (v) Committees under the Plurilateral Trade Agreements (GPA/AR/2, WT/L/1071)  
 
24. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS TO WTO BODIES – ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIR 
PURSUANT TO PAR AGRAPH 7.1(A) OF THE GUIDELINES (WT/L/510)  
 
OTHER BUSINESS  
 
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2 To be issued.