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Eighth WTO/ESCAP Trade Policy Course on WTO Agreements
and the Doha Development Agenda
Date
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7-11 March 2005 |
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 options
available. |
Documentation
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Tentative
programme
Opening
statement
 Ravi
Ratnayake, Director, Trade and Investment Division
Presentations:
Session 1: Overview of the Multilateral Trading System:
Basic Principles
Tiziana
Bonapace, Chief, Trade Policy Section, Trade and
Investment Division, ESCAP
Session 2: Negotiations on Non-Agricultural Market
Access:
Regional Implications
Matthias Bruckner, Associate Economic Affairs Officer,
Trade Policy Section, Trade and Investment Division,
ESCAP
Session 3: Perspectives of Asian and Pacific Developing Countries
on Liberalization of Agriculture
Marc Proksch, Economic Affairs Officer, Trade Policy
Section, Trade and Investment Division, ESCAP
Session 4: GATS and ongoing negotiations: Regional
perspectives
Mia Mikic, Economic Affairs Officer, Trade Policy
Section, Trade and Investment Division, ESCAP
Session 6: Overview of the MTS: Special and Differential Treatment
in the WTO
Mia Mikic, Economic Affairs Officer, Trade Policy
Section, Trade and Investment Division, ESCAP
Overview of the MTS and Its Relation to Regionalism
Mia Mikic, Economic Affairs Officer, Trade Policy
Section, Trade and Investment Division, ESCAP |
Participants
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Information note for 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: 22 April 2005 |
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