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UNCTAD/FIELD project on Improved T&E Policy Making and Negotiation
LATIN AMERICA
– Costa Rica – Cuba – El Salvador – Guatemala
– Honduras – Nicaragua– Panama – Republica
Dominicana
Preparations (planning phase)
Completed• Seminar in Costa Rica• Selection core countries • Pre-selection of other countries• Lead government agencies in core
countries • National consultations in Costa Rica• National consultations in Cuba• Proposals for priority issues• Draft concept papers
Preparations (planning phase)
Further activities until November • Consultations in Geneva workshop• Consultations in the region• Detailed work plan
This presentation provides some background on Costa Rica seminar, relevant to the project
UNCTAD/Ministry of Foreign Trade workshop on Post-Doha
T&E issues (San José, 1-3 July 2002)
• Funded through a contribution to UNCTAD from Finland
• Opportunity for brainstorming on:
– Priorities for countries in the region
– Issues of common interest
– Technical assistance/capacity building programme (UNCTAD/FIELD)
• Kick-off project preparations
Country participants
Country Min of
Trade
Min ofEnv
GVA Other
Costa Rica 6 2 1 2
Cuba - 1 1 -
Dominican Republic
1 1 - -
El Salvador 1 1 - -
Guatemala 1 1 1 -
Honduras 1 1 - -
Nicaragua - 1 - -
Panama 1 - 1 -
Other participants/resource persons
• UNCTAD secretariat• WTO secretariat• Central American Council for
Sustainable Development (CCAD)• International Centre for Trade and
Sustainable Development (ICTSD)• Consultants
Tour de table, assessment of all participants
• All 8 countries want to participate
• CCAD and others: engage all Central American countries
• Need for appropriate follow-up and the need to promote coordination and research.
• Different levels of preparedness. Training programmes to sensitise policy makers
Follow up activities, recommended by participants
• Capacity building, national workshops, brainstorming
• Exchange of information and coordination between Geneva and capitals
• Coordination on national positions in WTO and elsewhere
• Analysis (market access, TBT and SPS Agreements, MEAs)
10
8
5
4
Post-Doha Work Programme
Paragraph 31• Immediate
negotiations
• Deadline: January 2005
Paragraph 32• Possible negotiations
in the future• Report to 5th
Ministerial Conf. (Sep 2003)
• Deadline to finalize report: around June 2003
• Urgency
Preliminary priorities
IssueMarket access 13
Eco-labelling, TBT 10
Environmentally preferable products
5
TRIPS 4
Certifation, organic products 4
Environmental goods and services 3
PPMs 2
Traditional knowledge 2
Preliminary priorities
IssueTraditional knowledge 2
Preparation of national positions on paragraphs 31 and 32 of the Doha MD
1
National/regional coordination 2
Public/private partnerships 1
National seminars 2
Market access
• Environmental requirements and market access
• Elimination or reduction of trade restrictions and distortions that could bring trade, environmental and developmental benefits
Countries relatively active in CTE
Examples of proposals
• Cuba, the Dominican Republic (DR), El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua– Subsidies
• Cuba, DR, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Pakistan – Domestic support programmes
• Cuba, DR, Honduras and Nicaragua– Compulsory licensing– TRIPS and the CBD
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