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Link to EC's model schedule proposal

he Group of 33 developing countries that operates in the WTO's agriculture negotiations has formally submitted a proposal on indicators for the designation of special products.

The delegation noted that the WTO negotiations were again being conducted without any transparency and were excluding from the different meetings those countries that are least rich and that have most demands to make in terms of their rights to development.

The Doha negotiations, which only a few months ago was characterized as stalled over many areas of disagreements among Members, are now back in motion.

The Group of 33, which represents the defensive interests of small farmers in developing countries, has criticised the US proposal on market access in agriculture as not taking the principle of special and differential treatment (SDT) seriously.

The Group of 20 developing countries has presented new proposals on market access and domestic support as part of the WTO agriculture negotiations.

webcast of the NGOs Roundtable forum.

A failure to reach agreement at the forthcoming World Trade Organisation meeting in Hong Kong would destroy the WTO's credibility and undermine the international trading system

Hong Kong's WTO chief, who is organising a key ministerial trade summit here, was under fire for what critics say was his poor handling of a small protest by anti-globalisation activists.

Photos taken during the WTO NGOs Roundtable Forum.