G-33 Proposal on the Treatment of SSM provided to the SVEs
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G-33 proposal on the SSM provided to SVEs 0.05 MB G-33 Coordinator’s Covering Letter 0.04 MBThese 2 (two) documents have been sent to the COA-SS Chair as well as to the WTO Secretariat - both (the covering letter attached together with the proposal) to be circulated to the WTO Membership as an official WTO Document (G-33 Communication)
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The G-33 takes note of documents TN/AG/W/4/Rev.4 and TN/AG/W/7 prepared by Chairman Falconer. The G-33 acknowledges the efforts of the Chairman to find balanced solutions in the agriculture negotiations and would like to express concern, particularly with regard to the issues raised in Paragraph 5(b) of the document TN/AG/W/7 on SSM.
The G-33 reiterates that the SSM must be a mechanism which is suitable for the particular circumstances of their Members and each Members and that limiting the SSM, a priori, as is the intent of some of the proposed modalities, is disadvantageous for its small vulnerable economies (SVEs) Members and incompatible with our level of development.
The G-33 recalls that since July 2008, there have not been any discussions regarding the specific treatment for SVEs on SSM. It was the understanding of the G-33 and its SVEs Members that emphasis would first be on finding a solution for developing countries before proceeding to look at the specific treatment for the SVEs. The G-33 presents this document to emphasize the position of its SVEs Members on various elements of the SSM. This submission is made in pursuance of the mandate in Paragraph 35 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration to frame responses to the trade related issues identified for the fuller integration of the SVEs into the multilateral trading system and in order to address Paragraph 5 (b) and (c) of document TN/AG/W/7 and is without prejudice to its positions on the general solution for other developing countries.
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