presentation on

. . . . . wto ministerial
Presented by-

Mehdad Mamur Mannan-040301

Tareq Islam Shuvo-040303
Farjana Ehsan-040319
Shahana Ferdousi-040334
WTO- in brief

The WTO's stated goal is to improve the

welfare of the peoples of its member
countries, specifically by lowering trade
barriers and providing a platform for
negotiation of trade.

GATT WTO
1947 1995
Geneva
Uruguay Round
1986-94
WTO- in brief

Nondiscrimination
Reciprocity

Principles of
Binding and the trading
enforceable system
commitments
Transparency

Safety valves
WTO- in brief

WTO Ministerial
Singapore, 1996

Geneva, 1998

Seattle, Washington, 1999

Doha, 2001

Cancún, 2003

Hong Kong, 2005

 Considering Factors-

Outcome
Key agreements
Consequence to the poor countries

Doha, 2001 Cancún, 2003 Hong Kong, 2005

DOHA
9-13 November 2001
142 member countries met in Doha on the Persian Gulf for their fourth ministerial meeting.

Outcome

Reaching on some agreements.

DOHA

Key Agreements-

Agriculture
- Market access: substantial reductions
- Exports subsidies: reductions of, with a view to phasing out,
all forms of these
- Domestic support: substantial reductions for supports
that distort trade 

Services

Market Access for non-Agricultural Products

Trade related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)

Transparency In Government Procurement

WTO Rules: Anti Dumping and Subsidies

DOHA

Impacts on poor counties-

1. It became even harder to protect and

support the producers

2. Competition from subsidized

agricultural imports for poor producers

3. High barriers in export from poor

country to rich country

4. Little progress on the issues important

to poor countries
CANCÚN

Outcome?

Moral victory for the developing nations..

CANCÚN

Developing Countries Developed countries;

demanded that the USA, Japan, EU
industrialised countries responded that they
cut their farming Group of 20-plus would only do this if
subsidies stated their refusal to sign the developing
any type of agreement countries eliminated all
until the benefits that they barriers to agricultural
would obtain from trade.
economic liberalization
were clearly explained to
them.

…….Lee
HONGKONG

Outcomes

Developed countries termed this ministerial as a

successful one though many others didn’t.
HONGKONG

Key Agreements-

Agriculture Market Access- Reduction within 4 bands

Domestic Support- 3 bands
Export Competition- 2013

Cotton Developed countries will give duty free and quota free
access to least developed country exporters
Developed countries (ie, the US) will eliminate export
subsidies in 2006.

NAMA “Swiss” formula for tariff reduction, with bigger cuts for
higher tariffs.
Consistent with the principle of special and differential
treatment.
Trade Facilitation

Market access for the product of least Developed countries

HONGKONG

What developing & LD countries got-

Deceived,
No clear gaining
Agricultural destruction
Lost unity among them
WTO…..FREE TRADE…….TRADE BALANCES ??

Subsidy matters!!
Developed Countries Perspective
Developing Countries Perspective

FREE TRADE

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FREE TRADE
WTO…..FREE TRADE…….TRADE BALANCES ??

The WTO Kills Farmers!

Take  the WTO out of agriculture, food and fisheries!
Towards Peoples’ Food Sovereignty!

Globalize struggle, globalize hope

WTO…..FREE TRADE…….TRADE BALANCES ??

Food security
Giant Multinationals
Environment
Human Rights
Globalization
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