EU positions in the multilateral trade negotiations at the WTO

The Multilateral Environmental Agreements and WTO

This report written by Göran Eklöf for Church of Sweden and Diakonia Sweden in cooperation with two other Swedish NGOs tries to clarify which problems and opportunities have arisen in the meeting between the world trade rules and the MEAs. It can be a good input to the urgent discussion on how to provide better conditions for the international cooperation for sustainable development.

Agreement on Agriculture

Trade Liberalisation in Agriculture: Lessons from the first 10 years of the WTO - by Devinder Sharma - Commissioned by APRODEV and the German NGO Forum Environment and Development - December 2005

This report is an attempt not only to map a wide spectrum of issues that are currently at the heart of the ongoing negotiations in agriculture but also to trace the impact such policies have left behind on the farming communities of the developing countries. With concluding suggestions to make trade fair and equitable, we are hopeful that the report will help bring the focus of international trade in agriculture back where it legitimately belongs – to bring back the smile to the face of small farmers. - DS

Rebalancing the Agreement on Agriculture in favour of the Poor - Aprodev Position Paper, see annexe to study by Devinder Sharma - December 2005

Agriculture, a litmus test for development! - Aprodev response to the letter from Commissioners Lamy and Fishler of 9 May 2004. Elimination of export subsidies is not enough. All sources of dumping must be addressed, and developing countries must be given access to effective means of protecting themselves against the ongoing dumping practised by OECD countries.

Please, give the Peace Clause no chance! - Short position paper prepared in view of the WTO General Council’s meeting on 15 December 2003.

Report of the Geneva Hearing on the Agreement on Agriculture (February 2003)

Ministerial Conference in Cancun, September 2003

Follow-up reflection on Cancun, an Aprodev submission to the EU (November 2003)

Evaluation of the Cancun 5th WTO Ministerial meeting: “Success or Failure for whom?” (October 2003)

Aprodev press release at Cancun ministerial meeting (15 September 2003)

Aprodev position paper in relation to the position of the European Commission in the WTO negotiations at the 5th Ministerial Meeting in Cancun from 10-14 September 2003

WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancún, Mexico - TRIPS Agreement and patents on seeds (August 2003)