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    Intensive training course on the multilateral trading system and to join the World Trade Organizatio

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    Post by lonelyintexas Sat 02 Feb 2013, 5:18 pm

    First topic message reminder :

    Intensive training course on the multilateral trading system and to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) to senior officials of the Republic of Iraq
    Date: February 25-March 1, 2013 Place: Ankara, Turkey

    Cooperation with UNCTAD and Saserick, will organize the Islamic Development Bank (cooperation and integration management) intensive training course on the multilateral trading system and to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) to officials of the Republic of Iraq.

    Are expected to attend this course fifteen representatives from the Office of the Prime Minister and the following ministries and Iraqi governmental institutions related: trade, finance, environment and labor and social affairs, health, industry, higher education and scientific research, justice and transport, and culture (the National Centre for copyright protection). The private sector will be represented by the Federation of Iraqi Chambers of Industry.

    The work program will include coverage of presentations on the basic conventions of WTO / GATT as well as other important topics join relevant, including the procedural nature, and that have direct relevance to the process of accession Iraqi taking into account the national development goals and priorities of Iraq. It will also include organizational and technical preparations necessary at home, particularly legislative and regulatory reforms to ensure compliance of the foreign trade regime with the Iraqi WTO disciplines.

    In addition, it will discuss the issues that have a decisive influence on the economic and social development in Iraq and the potential effects of the accession negotiations, including agriculture, and prepare initial offers of market access in goods and services and the organization of import and export, and so on.

    Furthermore, research will be presented about the latest cases to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) especially from the Arab region for the participants and discussed as part of the exchange of experiences and lessons learned, that would help Iraq to better prepare for the next stages of the accession process.

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    Post by Neno Sun 03 Feb 2013, 11:05 am

    Everything is behind the scenes (Unrestricted) since march 2010

    1. Application
    Received

    30 September 2004
    2. Working
    Party Established

    Chairperson:
    H.E. Mr. Omar Hilale
    (Morocco, May 2009 — )
    H.E. Mrs. Claudia Uribe
    (Colombia, Dec 2006 — May 2009)
    13 December 2004
    3. Memorandum
    16
    September 2005
    4. Questions
    and Replies

    28
    November 2006
    5. Meetings
    of the Working Party

    25
    May 2007
    2 April 2008
    6. Other Documentation
    (a)
    Additional Questions & Replies
    8 December 2008
    (b) Information on agriculture ([You must be registered and logged in to see this link.])
    24 March 2010
    (c) Information on services ([You must be registered and logged in to see this link.])
    (d) SPS/TBT checklists ([You must be registered and logged in to see this link.])
    8 October 2010
    (e) TRIPS checklist ([You must be registered and logged in to see this link.])
    8 February 2008
    (f)
    Legislative Action Plan
    24 March 2010
    7. Market
    Access Negotiations

    Goods Offer
    (a) initial
    (b) latest
    Services Offer
    (a) initial
    (b) latest
    8. Factual
    Summary

    9. Draft
    Working Party Report



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    All unrestricted documents on accession of Iraq


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    Post by Neno Sun 03 Feb 2013, 11:07 am

    How
    to become a member of the WTO
    Article XII
    of the WTO Agreement states that accession to the WTO
    will be “on terms to be agreed” between the
    acceding government and the WTO. Accession to the WTO is
    essentially a process of negotiation
    quite
    different from the process of accession to other
    international entities, like the IMF, which is largely an
    automatic process.












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    Because each accession Working Party takes decisions by
    consensus, all interested WTO Members must be in
    agreement that their individual concerns have been met
    and that outstanding issues have been resolved in the
    course of their bilateral and multilateral negotiations.
    All
    documentation examined by the accession Working Party
    during the process of negotiation remains restricted
    until completion of the process.




    Who
    can apply

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    “Any
    state or customs territory having full autonomy in the
    conduct of its trade policies is eligible to accede to
    the WTO on terms agreed between it and WTO Members”.
    (Article XII of the WTO Agreement).




    The
    request for accession
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    The
    accession process commences with the submission of a
    formal written request for accession by the applicant
    government. This request is considered by the General
    Council which establishes a Working Party to examine the
    accession request and, ultimately, to submit the findings
    of the Working Party to the General Council for approval.
    The Working Party is open to all Members of the WTO.





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    Guide to
    downloading
    files.
    N.B. You should download these documents rather than
    calling them into view through the browser since the
    formatting may change (eg. paragraph numbering) when
    viewed through the browser.


    Submission
    of a memorandum on the foreign trade regime
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    The
    applicant government presents a memorandum covering all
    aspects of its trade and legal regime to the Working
    Party. This memorandum forms the basis for detailed fact
    finding by the Working Party. (
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    in MS Word document WT/ACC/1 (27 pages, 72 KB) outlines
    the major headings to be examined).


    Subsequent
    Working Party meetings will see the examination of
    questions posed by WTO Members based on the information
    provided in the memorandum and the replies provided by
    the applicant government.




    Conditions
    of entry
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    After
    examining all aspects of the existing trade and legal
    regimes of the acceding government the Working Party goes
    into the substantive part of the multilateral
    negotiations involved in accessions. This determines the
    terms and conditions of entry for the applicant
    government. Terms and conditions include commitments to
    observe WTO rules and disciplines upon accession and
    transitional periods required to make any legislative or
    structural changes where necessary to implement these
    commitments.




    Bilateral
    negotiations
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    At
    the same time, the applicant government engages in
    bilateral negotiations with interested Working Party
    members on concessions and commitments on market access
    for goods and services. The results of these bilateral
    negotiations are consolidated into a document which is
    part of the final “accession package”.




    The
    final “accession package”
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    The
    “accession package” consists of three documents
    which represent the results of both the multilateral and
    bilateral phases outlined above. These are:




    • a
      Report of the Working Party containing a summary
      of proceedings and conditions of entry and a
      Protocol of Accession.




    • Schedules
      of market access commitments in goods and
      services agreed between the acceding government
      and WTO Members.




    Approval
    of the “accession package”
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    Once
    both the Working Party's Draft Report and Protocol of
    Accession and the market access commitments in goods and
    services are completed to the satisfaction of members of
    the Working Party, the “accession package” is
    adopted at a final formal meeting of the Working Party.


    The
    documents are then presented to the General Council or
    the Ministerial Conference for adoption. Once approved by
    the General Council or the Ministerial Conference, the
    accessions package is redistributed as a non-restricted
    document.


    Two
    final documents will be issued:




    • The
      Decision of the General Council

    • The
      Protocol of Accession of the new entrant a
      Protocol of Accession annexed to the Report which
      states that the country accedes to the WTO
      Agreement, defines the Schedules and outlines
      final provisions for timing of acceptance of the
      Protocol and full membership of the WTO.




    Becoming
    a full member
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    Once
    approved by the General Council of Ministerial
    Conference, the applicant is then free to sign the
    Protocol of Accession stating that it accepts the
    approved “accessions package” subject to
    ratification in its national parliament. Normally three
    months is given from signature of the Protocol of
    Accession for this to take place.


    Thirty
    days after the applicant government notifies the WTO
    Secretariat that it has completed its ratification
    procedures, the applicant government becomes a full
    Member of the WTO.


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    Post by Neno Sun 03 Feb 2013, 11:18 am

    This is where China manipulates the WTO free trade market with their currency and that is why the Doha Round (Bush Days) was created dealing with tariffs requirements in order to level the playing field in so so manner. Currencies of countries wanting to be a WTO member must be traded globally. Oh, and this is a World Bank thingy too.
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    Post by Neno Sun 03 Feb 2013, 11:25 am

    Iraq is apart of non of these negotiating menu's...YET and I have no idea which it is they seek.

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    Groups in the negotiations

    A number of countries have formed
    coalitions in the WTO. These groups often speak with one voice using a
    single coordinator or negotiating team. These are some of the most
    active groups in the WTO.



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    Groups
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    Description / issues
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    Countries
    ACP
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    African, Caribbean and Pacific countries with preferences in the EU
    Issues: Agricultural preferences
    Nature: Geographical
    Website: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
    WTO members (60): Angola,
    Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso,
    Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic,
    Chad, Congo, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica,
    Dominican Republic, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea,
    Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar,
    Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger,
    Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia,
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon
    Islands, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga,
    Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe
    WTO observers (8): Bahamas, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Liberia, Sao Tomé and Principe, Seychelles, Sudan
    Not WTO members or observers (11): Cook
    Islands, Eritrea, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Federated
    States of, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Somalia, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu
    African group
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    African members of the WTO
    Issues: General
    Nature: Regional
    WTO members (42): Angola,
    Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape
    Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the
    Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
    Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius,
    Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra
    Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia,
    Zimbabwe
    Asian developing members
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    Asian developing WTO members. Announced in document WT/GC/COM/6 of 27 March 2012
    Issues: General
    Nature: Regional
    Documents: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
    WTO members (30): Bahrain,
    Kingdom of, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Chinese
    Taipei, Hong Kong, China, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Korea, Republic of,
    Kuwait, the State of, Kyrgyz Republic, Macao, China, Malaysia, Maldives,
    Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi
    Arabia, Kingdom of, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab
    Emirates, Viet Nam
    APEC
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    Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum
    Issues: General
    Nature: Regional
    Website: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
    WTO members (21): Australia,
    Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong,
    China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Republic of, Malaysia, Mexico, New
    Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russian Federation,
    Singapore, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam
    EU
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    European Union
    Issues: General
    Nature: Customs union
    Website: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
    WTO members (28): Austria,
    Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, European
    Union (formerly EC), Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland,
    Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland,
    Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United
    Kingdom
    Mercosur
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    Common Market of the Southern Cone, a customs union (Mercosul in Portuguese)
    Issues: General
    Nature: Customs union
    Website: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
    WTO members (4): Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
    G-90
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    African Group + ACP + least-developed countries
    Issues: General
    WTO members (68): Angola,
    Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Botswana,
    Burkina Faso, Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde,
    Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the
    Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Fiji, Gabon,
    Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica,
    Kenya, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi,
    Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar,
    Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Kitts
    and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa,
    Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Suriname,
    Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda,
    Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe
    WTO observers (11): Afghanistan, Bahamas, Bhutan, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Liberia, Sao Tomé and Principe, Seychelles, Sudan, Yemen
    Not WTO members or observers (12): Cook
    Islands, Eritrea, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Federated
    States of, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Somalia, South Sudan, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu
    Least-developed countries (LDCs)
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    Least
    developed countries: the world’s poorest countries. The WTO uses the UN
    list [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
    Issues: General
    Website: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
    WTO members (34): Angola,
    Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African
    Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Gambia,
    Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho,
    Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal,
    Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Tanzania,
    Togo, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia
    WTO observers (9): Afghanistan, Bhutan, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Liberia, Sao Tomé and Principe, Sudan, Yemen
    Not WTO members or observers (6): Eritrea, Kiribati, Somalia, South Sudan, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu
    Small, vulnerable economies (SVEs) — agriculture
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    This
    list is based on sponsors of proposals. See also: list in Annex I of
    the 10 July 2008 revised draft agriculture modalities, and footnote 9
    (paragraph 65) and paragraph 151.
    Issues: Agriculture
    WTO members (15): Barbados,
    Bolivia, Plurinational State of, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador,
    Fiji, Guatemala, Honduras, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, Nicaragua,
    Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago
    Small, vulnerable economies (SVEs) — NAMA
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    This
    list is based on sponsors of proposals. See also: definition in
    paragraph 13 of the 10 July 2008 revised draft NAMA modalities
    Issues: NAMA
    WTO members (20): Antigua
    and Barbuda, Barbados, Bolivia, Plurinational State of, Dominica,
    Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras,
    Jamaica, Maldives, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay,
    Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
    Trinidad and Tobago
    Small, vulnerable economies (SVEs) — rules
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    Sponsors of TN/RL/W/226/Rev.5
    Issues: Rules (fisheries subsidies)
    Documents: TN/RL/W/226/Rev.5
    WTO members (15): Barbados,
    Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Honduras,
    Jamaica, Maldives, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia,
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tonga
    Recent new members (RAMs)
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    Recently
    acceded members (RAMs), ie, countries that negotiated and joined the
    WTO after 1995, seeking lesser commitments in the negotiations because
    of the liberalization they have undertaken as part of their membership
    agreements. Excludes least-developed countries because they will make no
    new commitments, and EU members
    Issues: General
    WTO members (19): Albania,
    Armenia, Cape Verde, China, Chinese Taipei, Croatia, Ecuador, Former
    Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Georgia, Jordan, Kyrgyz Republic,
    Moldova, Republic of, Mongolia, Oman, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of,
    Tonga, Ukraine, Viet Nam
    Low-income economies in transition
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    Seeking
    to secure the same treatment as least-developed countries. (Georgia
    formally withdrew, but in the agriculture draft the full list is:
    Albania, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyz Rep, Moldova)
    Issues: Agriculture
    WTO members (3): Armenia, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Republic of
    Cairns group
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    Coalition of agricultural exporting nations lobbying for agricultural trade liberalization.
    Issues: Agriculture
    Website: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
    WTO members (19): Argentina,
    Australia, Bolivia, Plurinational State of, Brazil, Canada, Chile,
    Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand,
    Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Uruguay
    Tropical products
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    Coalition of developing countries seeking greater market access for tropical products
    Issues: Agriculture
    WTO members (8): Bolivia, Plurinational State of, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru
    G-10
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    Coalition
    of countries lobbying for agriculture to be treated as diverse and
    special because of non-trade concerns (not to be confused with the Group
    of Ten Central Bankers)
    Issues: Agriculture
    WTO members (9): Chinese Taipei, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Korea, Republic of, Liechtenstein, Mauritius, Norway, Switzerland
    G-20
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    Coalition
    of developing countries pressing for ambitious reforms of agriculture
    in developed countries with some flexibility for developing countries
    (not to be confused with the G-20 group of finance ministers and central
    bank governors, and its recent summit meetings)
    Issues: Agriculture
    Website: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
    WTO members (23): Argentina,
    Bolivia, Plurinational State of, Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, Ecuador,
    Egypt, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay,
    Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uruguay,
    Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, Zimbabwe
    G-33
    > [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
    Also
    called “Friends of Special Products” in agriculture. Coalition of
    developing countries pressing for flexibility for developing countries
    to undertake limited market opening in agriculture
    Issues: Agriculture
    WTO members (46): Antigua
    and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Plurinational State of,
    Botswana, Côte d’Ivoire, China, Congo, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican
    Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras,
    India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Korea, Republic of, Madagascar,
    Mauritius, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama,
    Peru, Philippines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and
    the Grenadines, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tanzania, Trinidad and
    Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, Zambia,
    Zimbabwe
    Cotton-4
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    West African coalition seeking cuts in cotton subsidies and tariffs
    Issues: Agriculture (Cotton)
    WTO members (4): Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali
    NAMA-11
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    Coalition of developing countries seeking flexibilities to limit market opening in industrial goods trade
    Issues: NAMA
    WTO members (10): Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Namibia, Philippines, South Africa, Tunisia, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
    Paragraph 6 countries
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    Group
    of countries with less than 35% of non-agricultural products covered by
    legally bound tariff ceilings. They have agreed to increase their
    binding coverage substantially, but want to exempt some products. (In
    paragraph 6 of the first version of the NAMA text, later paragraph 8.)
    Issues: NAMA
    WTO members (12): Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Cuba, Ghana, Kenya, Macao, China, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Zimbabwe
    Friends of Ambition (NAMA)
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    Seeking to maximize tariff reductions and achieve real market access in NAMA. (Some nuanced differences in positions.)
    Issues: NAMA
    WTO members (35): Australia,
    Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
    Estonia, European Union (formerly EC), Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
    Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
    Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak
    Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United
    States
    Friends of A-D Negotiations (FANs)
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    Coalition seeking more disciplines on the use of anti-dumping measures
    Issues: Rules (anti-dumping)
    WTO members (15): Brazil,
    Chile, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, China, Israel,
    Japan, Korea, Republic of, Mexico, Norway, Singapore, Switzerland,
    Thailand, Turkey
    Friends of Fish (FoFs)
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    Informal
    coalition seeking to significantly reduce fisheries subsidies. From
    time to time other WTO members also identify themselves as “Friends of
    Fish”
    Issues: Rules (fisheries subsidies)
    WTO members (11): Argentina, Australia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, United States
    “W52” sponsors
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    Sponsors
    of TN/C/W/52, a proposal for “modalities” in negotiations on
    geographical indications (the multilateral register for wines and
    spirits, and extending the higher level of protection beyond wines and
    spirits) and “disclosure” (patent applicants to disclose the origin of
    genetic resources and traditional knowledge used in the inventions). The
    list includes as groups: the EU, ACP and African Group. * Dominican
    Rep. is in the ACP and South Africa is in the African Group, but they
    are sponsors of TN/IP/W/10/Rev.2 on geographical indications
    Issues: Intellectual property (TRIPS)
    Documents: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
    WTO members (109): Albania,
    Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin,
    Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire,
    Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia,
    Congo, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the
    Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt,
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    Post by Franky Sun 03 Feb 2013, 5:08 pm

    Well then if I understand Duck right after it RV's it will be pegged to the dollar for 12 to 18 months! so then they won't be in the wto for another 2 years! if its floating when they enter!
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    Post by Neno Sun 03 Feb 2013, 6:03 pm

    Franky wrote:Well then if I understand Duck right after it RV's it will be pegged to the dollar for 12 to 18 months! so then they won't be in the wto for another 2 years! if its floating when they enter!
    Has nothing to do with it. Only thing that matters is that it is traded globally. WTO could care less on the pegging or floating.

    Only thing the WTO is trying to do these days is stop the manipulation. Same rules apply since 1994 for all then and now.. ;)
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    Post by duck2000 Sun 03 Feb 2013, 6:23 pm

    Term hard peg Definition: Establishing a fixed exchange rate between one national currency (usually that of a small country) and another national currency (usually that of an industrial power). One country, in other words, "pegs" the value of its currency to the value of another currency. This is commonly done by countries with a history of monetary instability is used as a means of restoring and maintaining order. This U.S. dollar is frequently used for a hard peg by other smaller nations. The result of a hard peg is to eliminate control by the pegging nation and relying on the actions of the targeting nation.
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    Post by duck2000 Sun 03 Feb 2013, 6:24 pm

    doesnt mean the currency isnt freely traded !



    Hard pegs usually go hand in hand with sound fiscal and structural policies and low inflation. They tend to remain in place for a long time, thus providing a higher degree of certainty for pricing international transactions.

    international transaction means WTO assession peroid !


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    Post by Neno Sun 03 Feb 2013, 6:28 pm

    BINGO!!
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    Post by Franky Sun 03 Feb 2013, 6:32 pm

    was what I was wondering! I'm not gunna loose any sleep over if they do or don't!!! ;)

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