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WTO/ESCAP High-Level Consultations on DDA Negotiations
Issues for Senior Officials
Date
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12-14 May 2009 |
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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The main objective of these consultations is to provide an opportunity for senior officials from Asian and Pacific economies to further reflect on the meaning of the development and trade interlinkages of selected items of the Doha Work Programme. The consultations are designed to promote enhanced awareness of key issues and proposals in selected areas of the Doha Development Agenda, to exchange information on the implications of existing disciplies and practices at national, regional and multilateral levels, and to discuss capacity-building needs, especially with a view to assisting the Asian and Pacific economies to participate more effectively in WTO negotiations. |
Documentation
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Opening statement
 Ravi
Ratnayake, Director, Trade and Investment Division
Presentations:
Session 1
The Doha Development Agenda
Edwini Kessie, Counsellor, WTO ITTC
Session 2
Trade and Development
Raul Torres, Counsellor, WTO Trade and
Division
Aid For Trade - The Asian Perspective
Raul Torres, WTO
Session 3
Doha Agriculture Negotiations State of Play
Edwini Kessie, WTO
Session 4
Introduction to the Agreement on Agriculture and the
Doha Negotiations
Edwini Kessie, WTO
Session 5
NAMA Negotiations
Edwini Kessie, WTO
The State of Play in NAMA
Edwini Kessie, WTO
Session 6
Rules Negotiations
Raul Torres, WTO
Session 7
Multilateralism and Regionalism: Perspectives from
Asia-Pacific
Marc Proksch, Trade and Investment Division,
UNESCAP
Session 7 & 8
WTO Rules on Regional Trade Agreements
Edwini Kessie, WTO
Session 9
Services Negotiations in the Doha Round
Aik Hoe Lim, Trade in Services Division, WTO
Session 10
The TRIPS Agreement & Public Health
Edwini Kessie, WTO
TRIPS - Overview
Edwini Kessie, WTO
Overview of the TRIPS Agreement and the Negotiations
Edwini Kessie, WTO
Session 11 & 12
WTO Dispute Settlement Procedures
Edwini Kessie, WTO
Background paper:
Brazil, Benin, and the Cotton Trade Who Placed the
Winning Bet in the WTO?
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Participants
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Information note for participants
Programme
List of participants |
Contact
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Mr. Marc Proksch
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Policy Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: proksch.unescap@un.org |
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Last updated: 22 July 2009 |
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