World Trade Organization

Plurilateral request - Energy Services, February 2006

Plurilateral request for energy services

Letter from U.S. textile industry to Chair of NAMA negotiations

Letter from the U.S. textile industry calling for sectoral negotiations on textiles in the NAMA negotiations. The objective is to provide further protection for the textile industry.

Agriculture and NAMA Simulations REVISED, February 2006

Revised methodology for simulations on agriculture and NAMA tariffs.

Statement by the NAMA Group of Developing Countries, February 2006

Statement by a new coalition of developing countries in the NAMA negotiations, known as the NAMA-11. The group states that developing countries need flexibility to ensure sufficient space for industrial development, that there must be a balanced outcome between the agriculture and NAMA negotiations, and that specific development concerns of developing countries will need to be addressed.

Codex Standards and Consumer Rights

In 2005, the International Codex Alimentarius Commission abolished the notification procedure by which member governments voluntarily accepted Codex standards as a basis for their domestic food quality and food safety regulations. In this article for Consumer Policy Review, IATP's Dr.

Letter from U.S. textile importers to Chair of NAMA negotiations

Letter from the U.S. Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel to the chair of the NAMA negotiations calling for tariff elimination in the textile sector. The letter is a response from another group of U.S. textile manufacturers calling for special treatment to protect the textile sector.

IATP comments on final WTO Hong Kong declaration

Development left behind in WTO agreement in Hong Kong: Deal disguises failure to promote development, help farmers and workers. A watered-down agreement announced late last night by the World Trade Organization (WTO) at the Hong Kong ministerial reflects the struggles of a deeply flawed Doha Round that is far off-track, according to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.

Green Rooms Begin with Weak Texts

Green Rooms Begin with Weak Texts Hong Kong – The U.S.-based Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy offered this initial comment on the World Trade Organization negotiating texts on agriculture and services distributed late on December 16th.

Debunking the Development Package

The Hong Kong development package is a guise for further impoverishment of developing economies, those hardest hit by liberalization. A point-by-point rebutal from IATP.

IATP Staff Experts in Hong Kong

IATP staff in Hong Kong during the WTO Ministerial that are available for media interviews.