IPCSpecial Events
Draft Agricultural Modalities for the Doha Round:
Taking Stock of the Trade and Development Implications
Geneva, Switzerland
World Meteorological Organisation
March 12, 2008
The publication of Ambassador Falconer’s revised modalities draft on 8 February is a
critical step in the Doha Round. WTO Members must now reflect on the extent to which
the proposed modalities live up to the mandated objectives of the Round, take stock of
probable gains and losses, and examine potential trade-offs between negotiating areas.
By providing a forum for stakeholders to explore empirical assessments of the
implications of the draft text for specific products, from specific exporters and in specific
markets, ICTSD, IPC and IFPRI hope that WTO Members will be able to reach informed
decisions on the next steps to take in the negotiations and enable a range of
stakeholders to understand better the issues at stake.
A summary of this event can be found in IPC's April 2008 Agritrade Forum.
Additional analysis of domestic support notifications for eight countries (EU, U.S., Japan, Norway, Brazil, China, India, and the Philippines) was presented at an International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) conference, "Improving WTO Transparency: Shadow Domestic Support Notifications," on March 14-15, 2008.
Forum Agenda
Press Release
Forum Papers and Presentations
Presentation
Market Access Presentation
Domestic Support and Export Competition Presentation
Market Access Presentation
Domestic Support and Export Competition Presentation
Presentation
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