Post-Bali Work Program

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Post-Bali Work Program
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The MandatePart III Bali Ministerial
Declaration

• We reaffirm our commitment to the WTOwe reaffirm
  our commitment to the Doha Development Agenda
• We take note of the progress that has been made
  towards carrying out the Doha Work Programme,
  including the decisions we have taken on the Bali
  Package during this Ministerial Conference
• These decisions are an important stepping stone
  towards the completion of the Doha Round.
• We reaffirm our commitment to the development
  objectives..

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Mandate continued

• To further demonstrate this commitment, we
  instruct the Trade Negotiations Committee to
  prepare within the next 12 months a clearly
  defined work program on the remaining Doha
  Development Agenda issues
• This will build on the decisions taken at this
  Ministerial Conference, particularly on
  agriculture, development and LDC issues, as well
  as all other issues under the Doha mandate that
  are central to concluding the Round.
• Issues in the Bali Package where legally binding
  outcomes could not be achieved will be
  prioritised.
• Work on issues in the package that have not been
  fully addressed at this Conference will resume in
  the relevant Committees or negotiating Groups of
  the WTO.

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Mandate

• The work program will be developed in a way that
  is consistent with the guidance we provided at
  the Eighth Ministerial Conference, including the
  need to look at ways that may allow Members to
  overcome the most critical and fundamental
  stumbling blocks.

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Lessons from Bali for work aheadTNC 6th February

• To look forward, Members must also look back
• Will be very difficult to replicate the approach
  where the core issues were avoided
• Any future multilateral engagement will require
  outcomes in agriculture. if agriculture comes
  into play, then so do the other two legs of the
  tripod
• Although cannot replicate Bali precisely, there
  are lessons learned that must be kept in mind

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Parameters framing the discussions

• First, development has to be preserved as the
  central pillar of any efforts.
• Second, realism, focusing on the things which are
  doable.
• The third, the big issues in the DDA are
  interconnected. Therefore they must be tackled
  together.
• Fourth, creativity and keeping an open mind to
  new ideas that may allow overcoming the most
  critical and fundamental stumbling blocks.

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Parameters framing the discussions

• Fifth, the process must continue to be inclusive
  and transparent.
• Sixth, these efforts must have a sense of
  urgency.
• Finally, in being open-minded to new ideas, it
  will also be crucial to be open-minded about how
  far-reaching the next steps will be.

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Next Steps

• Chairs of NGs asked by TNC Chair to begin a
  consultative process
• TNC to report to 14 March General Council meeting

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Food for Thought

• Avoid process-laden discussions?
• Single Undertaking?
• Size of any package?
• New approaches?
• On-going initiatives
• Status of modalities?
• Ag NAMA
• Ambition level?
• Current realities?
• Role of key players

• Agriculture central?
• Core issues what?- market access?
• Linkages? Sequencing?
• Commensurate ambition in core issues?
• Possible to salvage some areas? Which?
• Other DDA issues?
• New/emerging issues?
• NG Chairs