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Seventh WTO/ESCAP Trade Policy Course on WTO Agreements
and the Doha Development Agenda
Date
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8-12 March 2004 |
Venue
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Bangkok, Thailand |
Organizers
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
World Trade Organization
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Objective
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To strengthen developing countries' effective participation in the Doha negotiations and work programme through a deeper understanding of WTO Agreements, the issues involved and a better knowledge of the range of options available. |
Documentation
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Tentative Programme
Opening statement
 Ravi
Ratnayake, Director, Trade and Investment Division,
ESCAP
Presentations:
ESCAP
technical assistance in trade and investment
Tiziana
Bonapace, Chief, Trade Policy Section, Trade and
Investment Division, ESCAP
Session 1 - Overview of the multilateral trading
system: Basic
principles
Tiziana
Bonapace, ESCAP
Session
2 - Special and differential treatment in the WTO: Provisions,
history
and ongoing negotiations
Tiziana Bonapace, ESCAP
Session
3 - Regional trading agreements: Current trends, WTO
provisions, ongoing DDA negotiations
Matthias Bruckner, Associate Economic Affairs Officer,
Trade Policy Section, Trade and Investment Division,
ESCAP
Session
7 - The agreement on agriculture and DDA
negotiations
Marc Proksch, Economic Affairs Officer,
Trade Policy Section, Trade and Investment Division,
ESCAP |
Participants
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Information Note for WTO/UNESCAP-sponsored Participants
List of participants |
Contact
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Mr. Matthias Bruckner
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Policy Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: brucknerm@un.org |
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Last updated: 19 October 2004 |
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