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Title: 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
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