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ANUGRAH ADIASTUTI, SH., MHINTERNATIONAL LAW DEPARTMENT, FACULTY OF LAW,UNIVERSITAS SEBELAS MARET
INTERN TION L TR DE
Ministrial Conference Meetings
Hongkong 2005Geneva 2009Geneva 2011
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WTO MEETING IN HONGKONG 2 5
13-18 Desember 2005This session is called as
DevelopmentRound
The growing improvement of Doha Agendaand also effective participation of developingcountries
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MAIN FOCUSES
The creation of
Development Box
for leastdeveloped countries, provide duty and quotafree access LDCs export as of 2008Duty free, quota free access for developingcountries (including S&D Treatment, solving inCotton issue)Reduction of trade distorting domestic support
to agriculture by developed countries(including the amber box, blue box, deminimis)
AGRICULTURE as concerns by all overcountries
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MAIN FOCUSES
Trade services greater transparency andflexibilityThe movement of natural persons (GATS
Mode 4)Commitments in TRIPs includingtraditional knowledge, genetic resources
(including the relation between TRIPs andCBD)Emphasize the importance of
environmental protection under MEAs
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Agreed giving
full modalities
on agricultureand NAMA (non-agricultural market access).Especially for agriculture, the
full modalitiesmakes developing countries could decidetheir own tariff lines as Special Products(SPs) based on the criteria of food security,
security livelihood, and rural development
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OTHER TOPICS
Strengthening disciplines on fisherysubsidies (over capacity and over fishing-Japan and Korea)
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WTO MEETING IN GENEVA 2 9
30 November - 2 December 2009
Followed by 153 WTO members
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ISSU S
AGRICULTUREthe implications of AoA implementationespecially for developing countries. Itcreates the bankruptcy of local foodproducers because of highly subsidizedagriculture products by developedcountries
The result from above condition AoAmust be taken out from WTO???? , andstrengthening the food sovereignty
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GATSProblem : women
s increased unpaidwork, liberalization of environmentalservices
NAMATariff harmonization/tariff elimination referto industrialization
TRIPs the contradiction when its implemented inthe field. Contradict to traditionalknowledge and biodiversity
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RESULTS..
The centrality of development dimensionThe importance of Aid for TradeExtend moratoriums for : no charge for importduties on electronic transmissions; and the
prohibition to bring
non-violation
casesunder TRIPs to WTO Dispute SettlementMechanism (concerning in GeographicalIndications and CBD)
Agreed on the modalities for furtherreductions on tariffs in developing countries(adopted from Sao Paulo Round-GlobalSystem of Tariff Preferences)
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RESULTS.
LDCs duty free and quota free from BrazilThe end of banana wars tariff in EU bygradually lower the import tariff from Latin
America
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WTO MEETING IN GENEVA 2 11
Held in 15-17 December 2011Followed by 157 members (4 are newmembers) : Accession of RussianFederation, Samoa, Vanuatu, MontenegroImportant topics are : Multilateral TradingSystem, Trade and Development, DDAnegotiationsRecent total members (2013) : 159member states
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TRIPs issue
slow lane
negotiationsregarding disclosure of origin of geneticresources (TK-traditional knowledge) inpatent applicationsExtending TRIPs
non-violation complaints
and the period implementations for LDCsDealing on the review of The GovernmentProcurement Agreement (GPA)-publiccontracts
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