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World Trade Organization

Mini-Ministerial Conference

(The July 2008 Package)

Geneva, Switzerland

  July 21–25, 2008

 

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.

Revised Agricultural Modalities Texts (07/10/08)

News

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