AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS: BACKGROUNDER
The proposals received in Phase 1
AS OF 1 DECEMBER 2004
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This briefing document explains current agricultural issues raised before and in the current negotiations. It has been prepared by the Information and Media Relations Division of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Secretariat to help public understanding about the agriculture negotiations. It is not an official record of the negotiations.
Proposals
Cairns Group: Export Competition — 16 June 2000 |
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Canada: Market Access — 19 June 2000 |
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Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Pakistan, Haiti, Nicaragua, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and El Salvador: Special and Differential Treatment and a Development Box — 23 June 2000 |
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Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Pakistan, Haiti, Nicaragua, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and El Salvador: Green Box/Annex 2 Subsidies — 23 June 2000 |
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United States: Comprehensive Long-Term Agricultural Trade Reform — 23 June 2000 |
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US: Domestic Support Reform — 23 June 2000 |
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EU: The Blue Box and Other Support Measures to Agriculture — 28 June 2000 |
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EU: Food Quality: Improvement of Market Access Opportunities — 28 June 2000 |
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EU: Animal Welfare and Trade in Agriculture — 28 June 2000 |
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EU: Export Competition — 18 September 2000 |
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Cairns Group: Domestic Support — 22 September 2000 |
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Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Uganda and Zimbabwe: Market Access — 28 September 2000 |
Cairns Group: Market Access — 10 November 2000 |
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ASEAN: Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries in World Agricultural Trade — 10 November 2000 |
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Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Slovak Republic and Slovenia: Domestic Support — Additional Flexibility for Transition Economies — 14 November 2000 |
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Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Croatia and Lithuania: Market Access — 14 November 2000 |
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US: Tariff Rate Quota Reform — 14 November 2000 |
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EU: Comprehensive negotiating proposal — 14 December 2000 |
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Japan: Negotiating proposal — 21 December 2000 |
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Canada: Domestic support — 21 December 2000 |
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Cairns Group: Export restrictions and taxes — 21 December 2000 |
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Switzerland: Negotiating proposal — 21 December 2000 |
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Swaziland: Market access under special and differential treatment for developing countries — 22 December 2000 |
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Mauritius: Negotiating proposal — 28 December 2000 |
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Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Jamaica, Mauritius, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago: Proposals by small island developing states (SIDS) — 29 December 2000 |
Rep of Korea: Negotiating proposal — 9 January 2001 |
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Mali: Negotiating proposal — 11 January 2001 |
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Caricom: Market access — 15 January 2001 |
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Norway: Negotiating proposal — 16 January 2001 |
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India: Food security, market access, domestic support, and export competition — 15 January 2001 |
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Poland: Negotiating proposal — 19 January 2001 |
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Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay (MERCOSUR), Bolivia, Chile and Colombia: State trading enterprises — 23 January 2001 |
Morocco: Negotiating proposal — 5 February 2001 |
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Turkey: Negotiating proposal — 5 February 2001 |
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Egypt: Comprehensive proposal — 6 February 2001, revised 21 March 2001 |
Nigeria: Negotiating proposal — 14 February 2001 |
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Congo, Democratic Rep: Negotiating proposal — 12 March 2001 |
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Kenya: Negotiating proposal — 12 March 2001 |
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³§én¼ä²¹±ô: Preliminary positions — 19 March 2001 |
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Mexico: Negotiating proposal — 19 March 2001 |
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MERCOSUR (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay), Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, India and Malaysia: Export credits — 20 March 2001 |
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Jordan: Negotiating proposal — 22 March 2001 |
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African Group: Joint negotiating proposal — 23 March 2001 |
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Namibia: Market access, domestic support, export competition, and non-trade concerns |
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Burkina Faso: Negotiating proposal — 16 May 2001 |
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Technical submissions received in Phase 1
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Barbados, Burundi, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, the European Communities, Fiji, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Malta, Mauritius, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Saint Lucia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Switzerland, and Trinidad and Tobago: Submission on Non-Trade Concerns — 22 September 2000; Revision — 9 November 2000 |
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Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay (MERCOSUR), Chile, Bolivia and Costa Rica: Discussion paper on Export Subsidies — Food Security or Food Dependency? — 27 September 2000 |
Argentina: Technical submission on legitimate non-trade concerns — 30 November 2000 |
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Croatia: Submission — 23 March 2001 |
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