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WTO/ESCAP Regional Seminar on Trade in
Agriculture and Agriculture Negotiations
Date
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9-11 September 2009 |
Venue
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New Delhi, India |
Organizers
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Centre for WTO Studies and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
ESCAP Trade and Investment Division
World Trade Organization |
Objective
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This seminar aims to enhance understanding of concerned policy makers and negotiators regarding issues related to multilateral liberalization of trade in agriculture and the current state of play in ongoing WTO negotiations in this area with particular focus on regional interests. |
Documentation
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Opening statement
 Ravi
Ratnayake, Director, Trade and Investment
Division, ESCAP
Presentations:
Session 1: Agriculture in the Doha Round - India’s perspective
Jayant Dasgupta, Secretary, Economic Advisory
Council to the Prime Minister, India
Session 2: Implications of Liberalization of Trade in Agriculture
for Asia and the Pacific
Marc Proksch, Trade and Investment Division,
ESCAP
Session 3: Market Access: Current Provisions
Diwakar Dixit, WTO
Session 4: Market Access: Issues in the negotiations
Diwakar Dixit
Session 5: Domestic Support: Current Provisions
Diwakar Dixit
Session 6: Domestic Support: Issues in the negotiations
Diwakar Dixit
Session 8: Export Competition
Diwakar Dixit
Session 9: Implementation experience of the Agreement on
Agriculture: discussions on a select disputes
Diwakar Dixit
Session 10: I. Agriculture notification requirements
II. Monitoring & Surveillance and Scheduling issues
in the DDA
Diwakar Dixit
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Participants
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Information note for participants
Programme
List of participants
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Contact
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Mr. Marc Proksch
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Policy Section
Trade and Investment Division, ESCAP
Email: proksch.unescap@un.org |
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Last updated: 29 September 2009 |
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