Brackets remain on the text. Delegates agreed on chapeau language based on the Copenhagen Declaration. The text remains bracketed. The EU and the US supported language on promoting full integration and participation and deleting reference to the multilateral trade system. The EU suggested EU-Africa partnership language on fostering smooth and gradual integration to promote sustainable development.
Proposals remain bracketed.
The text remains bracketed. The HOLY SEE supported Norway's proposal to reduce tariffs. Pending Japan's position, the amended paragraph remains bracketed. The text was agreed. After discussion on what constitutes an international institution, delegates deleted paragraph 89, on encouraging international efforts to assist governments to improve the foreign investment environment.