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With regard to access to the agricultural and industrial market, there is a call for integration with the multilateral trade system of all the small, vulnerable economies, thus preventing the emergence of a sub-category of members.
With regard to access to the agricultural and industrial market, there is a call for integration with the multilateral trade system of all the small, vulnerable economies, thus preventing the emergence of a sub-category of members.
While the concerns of the least-developed countries have been taken into account, by exempting them from binding commitments, it would appear to be necessary with the industrialised and emerging countries to make commitments with regard to market access for least-developed country products, equivalent to the commitments adopted by the EU in 2001 under its ‘Everything But Arms’ initiative.
While the concerns of the least-developed countries have been taken into account, by exempting them from binding commitments, it would appear to be necessary with the industrialised and emerging countries to make commitments with regard to market access for least-developed country products, equivalent to the commitments adopted by the EU in 2001 under its ‘Everything But Arms’ initiative.
Following the July Agreement, no substantive result whatever has been achieved with regard to special and differential treatment.
Following the July Agreement, no substantive result whatever has been achieved with regard to special and differential treatment.
There is also a division between those countries which was to focus on the 88 proposals on revisions within specific WTO agreements, and those which wish in the first instance to tackle the horizontal issues which include the principles and objectives of special and differential treatment and differences between developing countries.
There is also a division between those countries which was to focus on the 88 proposals on revisions within specific WTO agreements, and those which wish in the first instance to tackle the horizontal issues which include the principles and objectives of special and differential treatment and differences between developing countries.
At the meeting of the Extraordinary sitting of the trade and development committee held on 8 February, the members decided to continue with negotiations on the special and differential treatment proposals of specific agreements, using the approach proposed by the chair of the Extraordinary Sitting, the South African Faizel Ismail, as ‘a point of reference’.
At the meeting of the Extraordinary sitting of the trade and development committee held on 8 February, the members decided to continue with negotiations on the special and differential treatment proposals of specific agreements, using the approach proposed by the chair of the Extraordinary Sitting, the South African Faizel Ismail, as ‘a point of reference’.
Progress on special and differential treatment is particularly relevant, given its importance when it comes to guaranteeing that the developing countries will have the time they need to prepare their respective economies for integration into the world economy.
Progress on special and differential treatment is particularly relevant, given its importance when it comes to guaranteeing that the developing countries will have the time they need to prepare their respective economies for integration into the world economy.
Likewise, increased export capacity will contribute positively to their development.
Likewise, increased export capacity will contribute positively to their development.
On the other hand, there are patent reservations on the part of the developing countries with regard to the way in which the GSP is going.
On the other hand, there are patent reservations on the part of the developing countries with regard to the way in which the GSP is going.
Here, we should stress that their interests would be better looked after within the Doha framework rather than outwith it.
Here, we should stress that their interests would be better looked after within the Doha framework rather than outwith it.
We would likewise highlight the need to boost south-south trade (which, although annual growth is already high, has plenty of room for expansion) by eliminating trade barriers between the developing countries and also by granting the least-developed countries free access to emergent country markets, given the greater trading opportunities which this offers vis-à-vis the more competitive and less easy to access markets of the industrialised countries.
We would likewise highlight the need to boost south-south trade (which, although annual growth is already high, has plenty of room for expansion) by eliminating trade barriers between the developing countries and also by granting the least-developed countries free access to emergent country markets, given the greater trading opportunities which this offers vis-à-vis the more competitive and less easy to access markets of the industrialised countries.
It is also necessary, as the Millennium Declaration recognises, to ensure that closer relations are established between the WTO and other international organisations, as an essential stage in developing a new, more sustainable type of globalisation which will work in the service of common goals and with a view to achieving fully coordinated criteria with regard to the problems of enlargement.
It is also necessary, as the Millennium Declaration recognises, to ensure that closer relations are established between the WTO and other international organisations, as an essential stage in developing a new, more sustainable type of globalisation which will work in the service of common goals and with a view to achieving fully coordinated criteria with regard to the problems of enlargement.
One example would be the need for any WTO member wishing to benefit from the advantages of the multilateral trade system to respect the rules of the ILO.
One example would be the need for any WTO member wishing to benefit from the advantages of the multilateral trade system to respect the rules of the ILO.
Success in this area will be the product of responsibility shared by all, depending both on the type of trade measures adopted in agriculture, NAMA and services, and the advances made and technical assistance and the domestic reforms undertaken by the developing countries.
Success in this area will be the product of responsibility shared by all, depending both on the type of trade measures adopted in agriculture, NAMA and services, and the advances made and technical assistance and the domestic reforms undertaken by the developing countries.
Here, no specific framework has been established.
Here, no specific framework has been established.
The Agreement reaffirms the commitment to go forward on the basis of the Council on Trade in Services’ recommendations, and sets May 2005 as the deadline for submitting revised offers.
The Agreement reaffirms the commitment to go forward on the basis of the Council on Trade in Services’ recommendations, and sets May 2005 as the deadline for submitting revised offers.
Here, the significant importance of quality services should be stressed with regard to the development of international trade, particularly transport, telecommunications and financial services.
Here, the significant importance of quality services should be stressed with regard to the development of international trade, particularly transport, telecommunications and financial services.
However, in the negotiations which have taken place since the July Agreement no substantive progress has been made here either.
However, in the negotiations which have taken place since the July Agreement no substantive progress has been made here either.
The outlook is not encouraging (only 48 of the 148 members have submitted preliminary offers).
The outlook is not encouraging (only 48 of the 148 members have submitted preliminary offers).
Despite this apparent lack of interest and services, the ‘QUAD’ (EU, USA, Canada and Japan) and some other members such as India, Chile and Mexico, are redoubling their efforts to put this chapter of the negotiations on an equal footing with agriculture and MANAP.
Despite this apparent lack of interest and services, the ‘QUAD’ (EU, USA, Canada and Japan) and some other members such as India, Chile and Mexico, are redoubling their efforts to put this chapter of the negotiations on an equal footing with agriculture and MANAP.
The Commission, for its part, has stated that the offer to be prepared by the EU will be broad and far-reaching, and that it hopes that the WTO members will respond in kind.
The Commission, for its part, has stated that the offer to be prepared by the EU will be broad and far-reaching, and that it hopes that the WTO members will respond in kind.
The Commission has already submitted requests to 103 WTO countries that they improve access to their respective services markets.
The Commission has already submitted requests to 103 WTO countries that they improve access to their respective services markets.
Finally, it should be pointed out that the liberalisation of services necessarily needs to be carried out with care and flexibility, so as not to dismantle public services, particularly those which supply people’s basic needs, since it is inappropriate to demand of the developing countries that they liberalise services in a way which will lead to their dismantling.
Finally, it should be pointed out that the liberalisation of services necessarily needs to be carried out with care and flexibility, so as not to dismantle public services, particularly those which supply people’s basic needs, since it is inappropriate to demand of the developing countries that they liberalise services in a way which will lead to their dismantling.
(e) Singapore Issues
(e) Singapore Issues
The only issue dealt with in the Agreement is facilitating trade , and the Agreement goes no further than agreeing to start negotiations on this issue so as to expedite customs duties and getting goods into circulation.
The only issue dealt with in the Agreement is facilitating trade , and the Agreement goes no further than agreeing to start negotiations on this issue so as to expedite customs duties and getting goods into circulation.
So a start has been made on negotiating one issue, leaving out the other three issues (investment, competition and transparency in public procurement), given the enormous reluctance of many developing countries, and despite the fact the EU has always fought for these issues to be negotiated.
So a start has been made on negotiating one issue, leaving out the other three issues (investment, competition and transparency in public procurement), given the enormous reluctance of many developing countries, and despite the fact the EU has always fought for these issues to be negotiated.
The EU’s gesture in renouncing its ambitions has been welcomed by the developing countries which, however, fear that these issues will reappear in future negotiations of economic partnership agreements (EPA).
The EU’s gesture in renouncing its ambitions has been welcomed by the developing countries which, however, fear that these issues will reappear in future negotiations of economic partnership agreements (EPA).
Following the Geneva Agreement, despite the efforts made during the discussions to secure cooperation, no tangible developments have taken place.
Following the Geneva Agreement, despite the efforts made during the discussions to secure cooperation, no tangible developments have taken place.
The Union’s challenge is to make the developing countries understand that more expeditious, transparent and modern administrative system will increase their export capacity.
The Union’s challenge is to make the developing countries understand that more expeditious, transparent and modern administrative system will increase their export capacity.
Prospects for Hong Kong
Prospects for Hong Kong
It is important that negotiators are not distracted from the task in hand, either by the appointment of a new WTO Director-General (which should have happened by the end of May 2005 deadline) or by the Sutherland Report on the future of the WTO (discussion whereof should be postponed until 2006).
It is important that negotiators are not distracted from the task in hand, either by the appointment of a new WTO Director-General (which should have happened by the end of May 2005 deadline) or by the Sutherland Report on the future of the WTO (discussion whereof should be postponed until 2006).
Nor should there be any fears about the extension or otherwise of the US Congress’s mandate (‘Fast Track’), nor the USA’s renewal or otherwise of its WTO membership.
Nor should there be any fears about the extension or otherwise of the US Congress’s mandate (‘Fast Track’), nor the USA’s renewal or otherwise of its WTO membership.
The USA has stated that it is fully committed to making the Round a success.
The USA has stated that it is fully committed to making the Round a success.
As Geneva showed, technical work before the meeting took place was crucial to securing agreement.
As Geneva showed, technical work before the meeting took place was crucial to securing agreement.
Using the framework agreed on as a basis, we now need to achieve specific, detailed commitments including dates and deadlines, by means of efficient, transparent negotiations in which the developing countries feel themselves both included, and involved in the negotiations.
Using the framework agreed on as a basis, we now need to achieve specific, detailed commitments including dates and deadlines, by means of efficient, transparent negotiations in which the developing countries feel themselves both included, and involved in the negotiations.
For that reason, specific modalities for agriculture and NAMA need to be brought to the July meeting, so that what has been achieved so far is not thrown away.
For that reason, specific modalities for agriculture and NAMA need to be brought to the July meeting, so that what has been achieved so far is not thrown away.
In order for the developing countries to be able to assimilate the proposals, they need to be given adequate time to prepare for the negotiations.
In order for the developing countries to be able to assimilate the proposals, they need to be given adequate time to prepare for the negotiations.
Furthermore, the 29 January meeting in Davos marked the initial political push the negotiations need at this stage.
Furthermore, the 29 January meeting in Davos marked the initial political push the negotiations need at this stage.
It was agreed to hold a mini-ministerial meeting in Kenya at the beginning of March, and possibly a second one in China in July, and likewise that a state of play report be drafted for the end of July
It was agreed to hold a mini-ministerial meeting in Kenya at the beginning of March, and possibly a second one in China in July, and likewise that a state of play report be drafted for the end of July
There will also be other meetings: USA Senior Civil Servants on 12 February 2005, G20 in New Delhi and ACP in Kenya (both in mid-March), G33 in mid-April and Indonesia, the African Union in May, the OECD annual Ministerial Meeting in Paris in May, and APEC in China in June. .
There will also be other meetings: USA Senior Civil Servants on 12 February 2005, G20 in New Delhi and ACP in Kenya (both in mid-March), G33 in mid-April and Indonesia, the African Union in May, the OECD annual Ministerial Meeting in Paris in May, and APEC in China in June. .
These meetings, and the report to be drafted, need to give civil society a realistic perspective on the way negotiations are developing, so as not to arouse false expectations..
These meetings, and the report to be drafted, need to give civil society a realistic perspective on the way negotiations are developing, so as not to arouse false expectations..
The success of negotiations depends to a great extent on interaction between the Geneva negotiators and politicians in their respective countries; nor should we overlook the important role of the chairmen of the various Negotiating Groups.
The success of negotiations depends to a great extent on interaction between the Geneva negotiators and politicians in their respective countries; nor should we overlook the important role of the chairmen of the various Negotiating Groups.
The Agreement reached in July by all the members of the WTO is of indisputable political significance, since it allows the negotiations to get back on track, taking due account of the need to integrate the developing countries into the global economy.
The Agreement reached in July by all the members of the WTO is of indisputable political significance, since it allows the negotiations to get back on track, taking due account of the need to integrate the developing countries into the global economy.
Despite the difficulties posed by the need to achieve consensus, the multilateral trade system remains in place as a valid way of encouraging worldwide economic development.
Despite the difficulties posed by the need to achieve consensus, the multilateral trade system remains in place as a valid way of encouraging worldwide economic development.
The final decision noted in the Agreement provides a good negotiating framework for the EU’s interests both offensive and defensive, although no relevant progress has yet been made with regard to the technical aspects.
The final decision noted in the Agreement provides a good negotiating framework for the EU’s interests both offensive and defensive, although no relevant progress has yet been made with regard to the technical aspects.
The EU, on the initiative of the Commission, could give the decisive political push needed to get the negotiations moving.
The EU, on the initiative of the Commission, could give the decisive political push needed to get the negotiations moving.
The EU’s needs mean that an agreement which covers all the areas of negotiation needs to be adopted.
The EU’s needs mean that an agreement which covers all the areas of negotiation needs to be adopted.
We share the Commission’s concern with regard to the need to find a balance between the various issues contained in the Agreement as soon as possible.
We share the Commission’s concern with regard to the need to find a balance between the various issues contained in the Agreement as soon as possible.
While agriculture is the indisputable driving force behind the negotiations, we need to make equally far-reaching progress in all the other issues, placing Development at the forefront.
While agriculture is the indisputable driving force behind the negotiations, we need to make equally far-reaching progress in all the other issues, placing Development at the forefront.
The Commission should likewise not overlook the issues which were, at the end of the day, left out of the July Agreement, but remain on the Doha Round’s work programme: anti-dumping, geographical indications and the relationship between trade and the environment.
The Commission should likewise not overlook the issues which were, at the end of the day, left out of the July Agreement, but remain on the Doha Round’s work programme: anti-dumping, geographical indications and the relationship between trade and the environment.
Problems concerning malnutrition and hunger ought to be more prominent in the negotiations, bearing in mind the FAO’s proposal to build an International Alliance against hunger which, in keeping with the Millennium Declaration, will halve poverty and hunger worldwide by 2015.
Problems concerning malnutrition and hunger ought to be more prominent in the negotiations, bearing in mind the FAO’s proposal to build an International Alliance against hunger which, in keeping with the Millennium Declaration, will halve poverty and hunger worldwide by 2015.
The WTO Parliamentary Conference of 25 and 26 November 2004 in Brussels acknowledged this, highlighting the existing consensus with regard to promoting free and fair trade to the benefit of all nations, strengthening sustainable development and reducing poverty.
The WTO Parliamentary Conference of 25 and 26 November 2004 in Brussels acknowledged this, highlighting the existing consensus with regard to promoting free and fair trade to the benefit of all nations, strengthening sustainable development and reducing poverty.
While acknowledging the work done by many NGOs in an area which, since Seattle, has become a matter of real social concern, we need to stress the role which democratic Parliaments should be playing in giving voice to popular feeling in international fora such as the WTO.
While acknowledging the work done by many NGOs in an area which, since Seattle, has become a matter of real social concern, we need to stress the role which democratic Parliaments should be playing in giving voice to popular feeling in international fora such as the WTO.
We likewise need close collaboration on the part of all European institutions.
We likewise need close collaboration on the part of all European institutions.
The Council and Commission must continue to keep Parliament punctually informed, involve it in their debate, and continue to give it access to Committee 133 documents.
The Council and Commission must continue to keep Parliament punctually informed, involve it in their debate, and continue to give it access to Committee 133 documents.
Finally, a new calendar of work needs to be established, setting a date for concluding the Round, which Doha laid down as January 2005.
Finally, a new calendar of work needs to be established, setting a date for concluding the Round, which Doha laid down as January 2005.
o hodnocení jednacího kola z Dohá po dohodě WTO ze dne 1. srpna 2004
on the assessment of the Doha Round following the WTO agreement on 1 August 2004
Výbor pro rozvoj vyzývá Výbor pro mezinárodní obchod jako příslušný výbor, aby do svého návrhu usnesení začlenil tyto návrhy:
The Committee on Development calls on the Committee on International Trade, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions in its motion for a resolution:
1. domnívá se, že dohoda, ke které dospěla Generální rada Světové obchodní organizace (WTO) dne 1. srpna 2004, je v rámci jednání v Dohá krokem vpřed a je třeba, aby byla vzhledem k nadcházející konferenci ministrů v Hong Kongu v rámci vyrovnaného postupu různých kapitol jednání na prvním místě diskuse kapitola o rozvoji;
1. considers that the Agreement reached in the WTO by the General Council on 1 August 2004 constitutes a step forward in the Doha negotiations where, in the light of the forthcoming Hong King ministerial conference, the development chapter must occupy the first place in the debate within the framework of balanced progress in the different negotiation chapters;
2. vítá rámcovou dohodu Generální rady WTO ze dne 1. srpna 2004 jako krok vpřed v probíhajících jednáních, nicméně vyslovuje lítost nad nedostatkem dialogu s občany a také s vyjednavači z mnoha zemí;
2. welcomes the WTO General Council Framework Agreement of 1 August 2004 as a step in the ongoing negotiations, deplores however the lack of dialogue with civil society and even many country negotiators;
3. žádá, aby Komise do jednání o otázkách zemědělství nejméně rozvinutých zemí zavedla tzv. „okénko pro rozvoj“, aby se mohly vypořádat s otázkou bezpečnosti potravin a zaměstnanosti na venkově, což jsou hlavní problémy při odstraňování chudoby;
3. requests the Commission to introduce a 'development box' into the agriculture negotiations for the least developed countries, so that these countries can tackle food safety and rural employment, which are major issues for eradicating poverty;