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Chairperson’s texts

Updated: 12 August 2008

On 12 August 2008, Ambassador Don Stephenson, chairperson of the non-agricultural market access (NAMA) negotiating group, circulated a report on the latest developments in the talks, particularly the outcome of the 10 days of the “July 2008 package”. This was when ministers came to Geneva, from 21 to 30 July, to try to agree on “modalities” — a sort of blueprint for the final deal — in agriculture and non-agricultural market access. Although they failed to agree on the complete package, gaps were narrowed on several issues.

The latest revised draft “modalities” remains the 10 July version, a revision of the previous versions circulated on 19 May and 8 February 2008. These in turn were revised from a version circulated in July 2007.

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