WTO Ministrial Conference Meetings

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ANUGRAH ADIASTUTI, SH., MHINTERNATIONAL LAW DEPARTMENT, FACULTY OF LAW,UNIVERSITAS SEBELAS MARET

INTERN TION L TR DE

Ministrial Conference Meetings

Hongkong 2005Geneva 2009Geneva 2011


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WTO MEETING IN HONGKONG 2 5

13-18 Desember 2005This session is called as

DevelopmentRound

The growing improvement of Doha Agendaand also effective participation of developingcountries


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MAIN FOCUSES

The creation of

Development Box

for leastdeveloped countries, provide duty and quotafree access LDCs export as of 2008Duty free, quota free access for developingcountries (including S&D Treatment, solving inCotton issue)Reduction of trade distorting domestic support

to agriculture by developed countries(including the amber box, blue box, deminimis)

AGRICULTURE as concerns by all overcountries


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MAIN FOCUSES

Trade services greater transparency andflexibilityThe movement of natural persons (GATS

Mode 4)Commitments in TRIPs includingtraditional knowledge, genetic resources

(including the relation between TRIPs andCBD)Emphasize the importance of

environmental protection under MEAs


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Agreed giving

full modalities

on agricultureand NAMA (non-agricultural market access).Especially for agriculture, the

full modalitiesmakes developing countries could decidetheir own tariff lines as Special Products(SPs) based on the criteria of food security,

security livelihood, and rural development


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OTHER TOPICS

Strengthening disciplines on fisherysubsidies (over capacity and over fishing-Japan and Korea)


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WTO MEETING IN GENEVA 2 9

30 November - 2 December 2009

Followed by 153 WTO members


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ISSU S

AGRICULTUREthe implications of AoA implementationespecially for developing countries. Itcreates the bankruptcy of local foodproducers because of highly subsidizedagriculture products by developedcountries

The result from above condition AoAmust be taken out from WTO???? , andstrengthening the food sovereignty


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GATSProblem : women

s increased unpaidwork, liberalization of environmentalservices

NAMATariff harmonization/tariff elimination referto industrialization

TRIPs the contradiction when its implemented inthe field. Contradict to traditionalknowledge and biodiversity


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RESULTS..

The centrality of development dimensionThe importance of Aid for TradeExtend moratoriums for : no charge for importduties on electronic transmissions; and the

prohibition to bring

non-violation

casesunder TRIPs to WTO Dispute SettlementMechanism (concerning in GeographicalIndications and CBD)

Agreed on the modalities for furtherreductions on tariffs in developing countries(adopted from Sao Paulo Round-GlobalSystem of Tariff Preferences)


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RESULTS.

LDCs duty free and quota free from BrazilThe end of banana wars tariff in EU bygradually lower the import tariff from Latin

America


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WTO MEETING IN GENEVA 2 11

Held in 15-17 December 2011Followed by 157 members (4 are newmembers) : Accession of RussianFederation, Samoa, Vanuatu, MontenegroImportant topics are : Multilateral TradingSystem, Trade and Development, DDAnegotiationsRecent total members (2013) : 159member states


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TRIPs issue

slow lane

negotiationsregarding disclosure of origin of geneticresources (TK-traditional knowledge) inpatent applicationsExtending TRIPs

non-violation complaints

and the period implementations for LDCsDealing on the review of The GovernmentProcurement Agreement (GPA)-publiccontracts


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