Look here for links to statements, policy proposals, and government websites. International Institutions lack the official status given to national governments, but provide structure to the international trading system by establishing harmonized standards, facilitating cooperation and encouraging development. You will find summaries, links, and position papers in this portion of the website. Accessions contains information about the WTO accessions process and nations considering WTO accession. Investment resurrects the debate over multilateral attempts to achieve harmonization of investment policies.
Agriculture explores the trade aspects of agriculture.
Labor Standards focuses upon attempts to include or exclude a code of core labor standards within WTO disciplines. These include anti-dumping measures, generic safeguards, and other emergency measures. Regionalism addresses the perennial question of whether regional associations further or hamper attempts to achieve greater multilateral cooperation. Development focuses on the needs of developing countries, their positions on trade negotiations, and discusses various viewpoints on the special and differential treatment of developing nations. Services discusses the different proposals to revise GATS, liberalize services, and otherwise improve trade relations in this sector, which comprises part of the Ministerial's built-in agenda.