The July 2008 package is a stepping
stone on the way to concluding the Doha
Round by the end of 2008. The main task
before WTO members is to settle a range
of questions that will shape the final
agreement of the Doha Development
Agenda. Political breakthrough requires
consultations among a group of ministers
representing all interests in the
negotiations. The outcome will be put to
the full membership in the Trade
Negotiations Committee.
"Today I
broaden the challenge by making this
pledge: the United States is ready to
eliminate tariffs, subsidies and other
barriers to free flow of goods and
services as other nations do the same…
It's the key to overcoming poverty in
the world's poorest nations. It's
essential we promote prosperity and
opportunity for all nations. By
expanding trade we spread hope and
opportunity to the corners of the world
and we strike a blow against the
terrorists who feed on anger and
resentment."
Excerpt of Speech by
President George W. Bush
delivered at the United Nations General
Assembly Meeting, September 14, 2005
Revised Agricultural Modalities Texts
(07/10/08)
News
Schafer: Doha
Round Is At An Impasse Not A Collapse (USDA Radio News; 07/29/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
Statement from Ambassador Susan C. Schwab, U.S.
Trade Representative on the Suspension of WTO
Doha Round Trade Negotiations
(07/29/08; .pdf)
Revised Texts
On Doha Round As Talks Progress (USDA Radio News; 07/28/08
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real,
mp3,
wave)
Latest Doha
Round Talks Reach Critical Point (USDA
Radio News; 07/23/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
WTO Breaks
Into Smaller Groups To Advance Doha Round (USDA
Radio News; 07/23/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
U.S.
Makes Offer During Latest Doha Round Talks
(USDA Radio News; 07/22/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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Latest U.S. Doha Round Offer And Farm Bill
(USDA Radio News; 07/22/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
USTR Schwab remarks from Geneva
(07/22/08)
High Food Prices
and the Doha Development Agenda (USDA
Radio News; 07/21/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
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U.S. Doha Delegation Making
Rounds With WTO Member Nations (USDA
Radio News; 07/21/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
Transcript: Ambassador Schwab press conference
from Geneva (07/21/08)
USTR Schwab Statement following TNC Meeting
(07/21/08)
Transcript - Audio: USTR Schwab Briefing from
Geneva (07/21/08)
Schafer On Progress in The Doha
Round (USDA Radio News; 07/18/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
Audio/Transcript: USTR Schwab Doha Media
Roundtable (07/17/08)
U.S. And WTO
Members Reviewing Revised Doha Round
Texts (USDA Radio News; 07/11/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
Revised Ag Negotiating Text To Be
Presented Soon To WTO (USDA Radio News; 07/08/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
July A Critical
Month For Doha Round Progress (USDA
Radio News; 07/02/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
The World Trade
Organization
What is the WTO?
(USTR Briefing
Book)
The Doha Development Agenda (USTR Fact
Sheet; 07/17/08)
United States Leads the World to Liberalize
Trade (USTR Trade Facts; 07/17/08)
The Benefits of Trade for Developing
Countries (USTR Trade Facts; 07/17/08)
Glossary
of Agriculture and World Trade Organization Terms
(.pdf)
WTO
Briefing Papers from the Economic Research
Service-USDA
The
Negotiating Process
World Bank President Calls for Breakthrough
Progress on Doha Round
(The World Bank;
July 2008)
International Trade: The United States Needs
an Integrated Approach to Trade Preference
Programs
(U.S. Government
Accountability Office; June 2008)
WTO Doha Round: Agricultural Negotiating
Proposals (Congressional Research
Service; January 2007)
Revised
Hong Kong Draft Ministerial Text (12/02/05)
Background on the U.S.
Proposal in the Doha Round
Framework Agreement (August 2004)
Cancun Ministerial (September 2003)
The U.S.
- E.U. Framework
(August 2003)
The
Harbinson Draft
(March 2003)
The Doha
Round (November 2001)
The July 2008 Package Page from the
WTO
WTO's Doha Development Agenda Page
