Cancun 2003

News on Cancun

News on Cancun

25th August 2003
WTO Negotiations speed up in lead-up to Cancun From 10-14 September WTO Members will meet in Cancun, Mexico,…

3rd July 2003
EU Ministers reach deal on CAP reform, trading partners respond cautiously After a 16-hour negotiating marathon concluding more than a year…

25th June 2003
WTO Members Fail to Make Progress at Mini-Ministerial Trade Ministers from 31 WTO Member countries met from 21-22 June…
Rules: New ‘friends of anti-dumping’ proposals; Chile submission on fisheries subsidies The WTO Negotiating Group on Rules met from 18-19 June to consider…

18th June 2003
Agreement on EU Cap Reform Expected by End-June On 17 June, EU farm ministers resumed talks to hammer out a final…
CTD Considers Technical Assistance, Regional Arrangements, Primary Commodities The 45th Session of the WTO Committee on Trade and Development…
Investment: Members Disagree on Negotiations, Informal Consultations to Proceed The last meeting of the WTO Working Group on the Relationship…

12th June 2003
TNC Hears Statement by Burkina Faso President, Considers Submission on Road to Cancun The WTO Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) met on 10 June to…
Investment Negotiations: New Submission Signals Support, NGOs Highlight Pitfalls In advance of the 10-11 June WTO Working Group on the Relationship…

4th June 2003
S&D Review Back Underway The review of special and differential treatment (S&D) provisions…
WTO Members Miss DSU Negotiating Deadline The WTO special session of the Dispute Settlement Body (BSD)…
Agriculture Update: Special Safeguard Mechanism Discussed, Cap Reform Proceeds On 27 May, Members of the Committee on Agriculture (CoA) met…

28th May 2003
Mapping the bumpy road to Cancún Mapping the bumpy road to Cancún…
Industrial Market Access Modalities Approval Awaits Agriculture WTO Members convened on 26-28 May for what was supposed to have…
Environment Secretariats to Attend July WTO CTE Session At a 22 May informal consultation of the…
Services: WTO Members Review Domestic Regulation Annex, Overall Progress The WTO Working Party on Domestic Regulation…

14th May 2003
Reviving the S&D Process: GC Chair Circulates Proposals The next step in looking at how to revive the mandated review…
TNC: Back to the Grind in Geneva The WTO Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) met in Geneva on 9…

7th May 2003
MEA-WTO Relationship: Debate Matures, No Solution Yet WTO Members convened on 1-2 May for a…
TRIPS Council: GI Extension Issue Crops Up in Negotiations on Multilateral System During its special session from 29-30…

30th April 2003
Development Central Issue to Market Access Talks Convergence over how to structure negotiations on market access…

25th April 2003
Geneva Update: Wither Cancun? Geneva Update: Wither Cancun? Shefali Sharma, Trade Information…

16th April 2003
DSU Reform: Members Fear Another Deadline will be Missed The special session of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB)…
Trade and Investment: New EU Paper on Policy Space for Development WTO Working Group on Trade and Investment…
WTO in Brief SUPACHAI INDICATES KEY HIGH-LEVEL GATHERINGS ON ROAD TO CANCUN…

10th April 2003
Report of the meetings of the WTO’s Trade Negotiating Committee Report of the meetings of the WTO’s Trade Negotiating Committee…
TNC Ponders Way Forward The WTO Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) met in Geneva from…

2nd April 2003
Agriculture Modalities: Deadlines Missed, Eyes Now on Cancun During a 31 March wrap-up meeting of the WTO Committee on Agriculture…

5th March 2003
TNC: Negotiations Reaching Gridlock The WTO Trade Negotiations Committee, meeting on 4 and 5 March…

27th February 2003
WTO In Brief DSU REVIEW NEGOTIATIONS PROCEED, SLOWLY In meetings of the special…

19th February 2003
Tokyo Mini-Ministerial Fails to Deliver Results Trade ministers from 22 countries, meeting in Tokyo from 14-16…
No Compromise in Sight on TRIPS & Health Discussions at the Tokyo ‘mini-Ministerial’ on 14-16…

12th February 2003
Agriculture: Harbinson Circulates First Modalities Draft On 12 February, Stuart Harbinson, Chair…
S&D Review in Limbo as General Council Fails to Adopt Report The 10 February meeting of the General Council failed to adopt…
WTO General Council Elects Chairs, Decides on NGO Access to Cancun The WTO General Council met for one day (10 February) instead…

6th February 2003
TNC Stock-Taking Session: Negotiations Nearing Grinding Halt The WTO Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) convened on 4-5 February…
TRIPS Council Back at “Square One” on Medicines Issue The Council for Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property…

15th January 2003
EU Initiative Seeks to Break Deadlock in TRIPS & Health Negotiations Following the breakdown of talks on paragraph 6 of the Declaration…