MINISTERIAL CONFERENCES
Briefing notes for the Ninth Ministerial Conference
These briefing notes are designed to provide background information on issues revelant to the Ministerial Conference. While every effort has been made to ensure the contents are accurate, they are not legal interpretations of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ agreements, nor do they prejudice member governments’ positions.
What is a Ministerial Conference?
Director-General’s letter to journalists
9th Ministerial Conference issues:
- Trade facilitation
- Agriculture negotiations
- Cotton
- Least-developed countries
- Monitoring mechanism
- Small, vulnerable economies
- Yemen's accession
- E-commerce
- “Non-violation” in intellectual property
Plurilateral issues that may be taken up in Bali:
- Information Technology Agreement (ITA) and product expansion negotiations
- Government Procurement Agreement
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ current issues:
- °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ accessions — state of play
- Agriculture — implementing current reforms
- Anti-dumping, safeguards, subsidies
- Development and technical assistance
- Dispute settlement
- Intellectual property
- Regional trade agreements
- Food safety, animal and plant health (SPS)
- Trade and environment
- Trade monitoring
- Trade in services