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Services Assessment by the Chair, Ambassador Jara

11 July, 2005
IATP
Assessment issued by the Chair of the Services Negotiations to the TNC.

WTO Agriculture Talks: 'First approximation' unlikely by end July

11 July, 2005
TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (Jul05/6)
Negotiations on agriculture took place on 4-6 July at the WTO. They ended earlierthan expected, indicating a lack of progress.(M.Khor)

G-20 proposal on market access

11 July, 2005
IATP
This is the market access proposal of G20.

New ?Quad? Disagree on Ag, NAMA

10 July, 2005
Washington Trade Daily
Brazil and India blocked a deal on agricultural trade worked out late last week between European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson and US Trade Representative Rob Portman to accept a simple 'Swiss' formula to cut industrial tariffs

An Impasse in NAMA

10 July, 2005
Washington Trade Daily
Doha Development Agenda nonagricultural market access negotiations Chairman Stefan Hakur Johannesson on Friday declared an impasse in the talks

A ?Bold Course? Needed for Services

10 July, 2005
Washington Trade Daily
A 'bold course of action' to bring services negotiations on par with agriculture and market access for industrials in the ongoing Doha Development Agenda is needed

IATP Responds to the new Blue Box

8 July, 2005
IATP
A new paper by IATP which examines the new Blue Box proposal for domestic support under the July Framework and included to accommodate U.S. interests

Johanesson's Assessment of NAMA Negotiations

8 July, 2005
IATP
The report was submitted on 8th July to assist members in moving forward at the China mini-Ministerial and for the July General Council.

White House promises Lincoln no new subsidy caps before CAFTA vote

7 July, 2005
Inside US Trade
In advance of her vote in favor of a U.S. free trade agreement with Central American countries.

G20 proposes disciplines on trade distorting domestic support

6 July, 2005
WTO Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (Jul05/4)
The Group of 20 developing countries presented a paper on theirviews regarding how to deal with some elements of trade distortingdomestic support.(M.Khor)

NAMA: ABI Submission on Formulas and the Doha Mandate

6 July, 2005
IATP
Paper submitted by Argentina, Brazil and India during the current NAMA negotiations.

Bush plan on illegals dims hopes for agenda

6 July, 2005
By Stephen Dinan, The Washington Times
The Bush administration's stance on immigration, already the cause of a political split with some Republicans in Congress, is beginning to erode lawmakers' support for such presidential policy priorities as trade deals and extending the Patriot Act.

Brazilian Intervention in the Council for Trade in Services

5 July, 2005
IATP
Brazil's intervention on July 1st 2005.

Caribbean countries propose new formula at NAMA meeting

5 July, 2005
TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (Jul05/3)
Negotiations on NAMA (non agricultiral market access) are taking place this week in the WTO. On Monday (4 July), a group of Caribbean countries proposed a new tariff-reduction formula which they said is aimed at taking into account development concerns.(M. Khor)

North and South countries differ on assessment of services talks, and on the need or otherwise for new negotiating approach

4 July, 2005
TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (Jul05/2)
Some major developed and developing countries have been giving significantly different assessments of the state of the services negotiations during the Special Session of the Council for Trade in Services held at the World Trade Organisation on 27 June to 1 July.

Chairman produces report on the state of WTO agriculture talks

4 July, 2005
TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (Jul05/1)
The Chairperson of the WTO's agriculture negotiations, the former New ZealandAmbassador, Tim Groser, has issued a status report on his assessment of key issues to be addressed in the agriculture negotiations by 31 July 2005, which is apparently the date by which the General Council session to discuss 'first approximations' has to conclude. (M. Khor)

Geneva talks may result in much ado about nothing

3 July, 2005
Ashok B. Sharma, Financial Express
Attempts are being made to prepare

GATS Benchmarks - exchanges of non-papers

30 June, 2005
ICFTU and PSI
the EU has recently tabled a non-paper on benchmarking in GATS. The response from 'Brazil' is NOT a formal Brazilian response but is apparently a view shared by many other delegations.

Local and Regional Reaction to GATS and Similar Trade Rules (Updated)

30 June, 2005
Edward Sussex
This is an update of Edward Sussex's paper on Local and Regional Reaction to GATS and Similar Trade Rules.

US Plan in GATS

30 June, 2005
Washington Trade Daily
The United States yesterday presented some ideas for a new work plan to speed the pace of the Doha Development Agenda services negotiations