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DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA: TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE

Click for Doha Development Agenda gatewayThe Trade Negotiations Committee

The Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) operates under the authority of the General Council.

It was set up by the Doha Declaration, which in turn assigned it to create subsidiary negotiating bodies to handle individual negotiating subjects. The chairman is Mr Pascal Lamy.

See also:    > July 2008 package     > Previous negotiations    > The Uruguay Round    > The Doha Ministerial Conference
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See also:
> How the negotiations are organized
> The Doha Agenda


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“The overall conduct of the negotiations shall be supervised by a Trade Negotiations Committee under the authority of the General Council. The Trade Negotiations Committee shall hold its first meeting not later than 31 January 2002. It shall establish appropriate negotiating mechanisms as required and supervise the progress of the negotiations.”

from the Doha Declaration, paragraph 46

 

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  LATEST TEXTS/REPORTS

 
The latest negotiating drafts circulated to Members
> Agriculture
> NAMA
> Rules
> Services
  


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  THE DOHA TEXTS 

  
Doha 2001

> Doha Ministerial Declaration
  

> Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and public health
  

> Implementation-related issues and concerns — Decision
  

> Subsidies — procedures for extensions under Article 27.4 (of the Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Agreement) for certain developing country members
  

> Decision on waiver for EU-ACP Partnership Agreement
  

> Decision on EU transitional regime for banana imports
  

Geneva 2004

> July 2004 package
  

Hong Kong 2005

> Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration
  
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  BOOKS 


> Doha Declarations
  

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