Consultative Meeting on Negotiations on Environmental goods in the WTO

Bangkok, Thailand, 23 August 2005

The CBTF convened a technical workshop to provide a platform for a number of developing countries requesting capacity-building support with respect to the WTO negotiations on environmental goods. The consultations were held with a view to promoting a better understanding of the proposals made to date in the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment Special Session (CTESS). Representatives from the following developing countries attended the workshop: Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia and Thailand. The workshop focused on the following specific issues:
(1) an analysis of the Doha Ministerial Declaration paragraph 31(iii) and its mandate relevant to
environmental goods;
(2) a discussion of various approaches put forward in the negotiations; and
(3) a discussion of special and differential treatment under the scope of paragraph 31(iii).

Documents and Presentations

Coordinators