Hot Topics: Doha Development Round - World Trade Organization

Washington Delegation Press Room

• Basic Websites

• STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR BRUTON ON GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS; Backgrounder (4/24/08)

• EU Council on Doha (3/10/08)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson: Poorest Need Doha (2/29/08)

• Ambassador John Bruton on Importance of Concluding Doha Round (12/6/07)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson on Doha in Reuters Interview (10/11/07)

• Doha Deal Could Boost Economic Confidence and Insure Against Recession (9/17/07)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson: Doha Clock is Ticking (9/11/07)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson on APEC & Doha; EU/APEC Trade; More (9/4/07)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson & Agriculture & Rural Development Commissioner Fischer Boel on G4 Ministerial WTO Doha Negotiations (6/21/07)

• WTO Negotiators Meet in Potsdam for G4 Ministerial (6/18/07)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson Urges G8 Doha Action (6/5/07)

• Statement of Group of Four on Trade (5/18/07)

• EU at Doha Talks, India, April 11-12 (4/5/07)

• Russia & WTO (3/27/07)

• Globalization & Agriculture: EU Response (3/9/07)

• EU/India Trade & WTO Doha Round (3/6/07)

• WTO Acknowledges Crucial EU Role (2/26/03)

• "Putting People at the Center of Globalization" (2/26/07)

• EU Agriculture & Rural Development Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel: "EU Agriculture in a Globalized World" (2/9/07)

• EU 1st Reaction to US Farm Bill (2/1/07)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson on Doha Status at WTO Ministers Meeting (1/27/07)

• Europe & Japan Increase Doha Efforts (1/10/07)

• President Bush & European Commission President Barroso on Doha; EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson & US Trade Rep. Schwab Press Conference (1/8/07)

• Final Push on Doha (1/6/07)

• Myths about World Agricultural Trade (12/06)

• European Parliament Calls for Talks' Resumption (12/4/06)

• Providing Leadership in the Doha Round (11/21/06)

• WTO Chief Lamy on Doha Round (10/18/06)

• EU on Bilateral Agreements to Boost Global Free Trade (10/9/06)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson on EU/US Talks (9/29/06)

• Brazil & the Global Economy (9/11/06)

• EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson on AgriTalk with Mike Adams: EU on WTO Doha Round, September 7, 2006; Podcast

• G20 Summit Affords WTO Doha Review & Talks (9/5/06)

• EU Farm Trade Reform, Australian Financial Review, Melbourne (8/31/06)

• PETER MANDELSON, EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER FOR TRADE: A Deal Can Still Be Salvaged From The Doha Ashes, EU Insight, Issue No. 1, 2006

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson: Doha Risks "Losing the Race against Time" (8/1/06)

• "A Deal Can Still Be Salvaged from the Doha Ashes," By Peter Mandelson, Financial Times, July 30, 2006

• EU Committed to Keep WTO Doha Flag Flying; EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson: "We Need to Look Ahead & Rebuild" (7/25/06)

• Rigid Stance by US Makes Breakdown and Suspension of WTO Doha Negotiations Inevitable (7/24/06)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson's Statement; Salvaging Doha? (7/24/06)

• EU Agriculture & Rural Development Commissioner Fischer Boel's Statement (7/24/06)

• Doha Fact Sheets:

  • Doha Lite? New Market Access in the Doha Round

  • No Deal Better Than a Bad Deal?

  • The US and a Doha Deal; Background

  • Economic Analysis

  • Doha Development Agenda (DDA): Chronology

• "WTO Talks Collapse," By Liam Halligan: Interview with Washington Delegation Spokesman Anthony Gooch, Head, Press & Public Diplomacy Section, UK Channel 4 (Channel Four Television Corporation), July 24, 2006

Basic Websites:

• Doha Development Agenda (DDA): EU Trade Directorate General

• EU & WTO

• EU Trade Directorate General's Doha Fact Sheets, Chronology, Documents

• Press Pack

MORE NEWS:

• Doha Ministerial, June 28+:

  • Ministerial Q&A (6/30/06)

  • EU "Landing Ground" for Farm/Manufactures Deal (6/30/06)

  • EU Pushes for Doha Success (6/29/06)

  • EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson Urges Doha Services Progress (6/27/06)

  • Background (6/23/06)

  • "Doha: What Is at Stake?" Speech by EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson (pictured), Canada/UK Chamber of Commerce, London; Press Release (6/23/06)

  • Analysis (6/23/06)

• Doha Update (5/29/06)

• EU Tells OECD Doha at Critical Stage (5/25/06)

• Developing Countries Have Everything to Gain from Doha (5/15/06)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson: EU Trade Policy beyond Doha (5/3/06)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson on DDA Ministerial Meeting Cancellation (4/26/06)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson again Calls for Movement (4/21/06)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson Pushes Progress (4/11/06)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson on Limited Options (3/21/06)

• EU Welcomes Carnegie Research on Doha Talks' Developing Countries Impact (3/17/06)

• London G6 Meeting, March 10-12, 2006:

  • Bridge to Wider WTO Agreement; More (3/10/06)

  • Preparation for April Deadline (3/8/06)

• EU's & Others' Plurilateral Push for Doha Services Accord (2/28/06)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson & US Trade Rep. Portman on Doha (2/22/06)

• Mandelson Press Conference; Transcript (2/22/06)

• EU/US Relations & Doha (2/21/06)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson Urges Africans to Speak Out at Doha Talks (2/9/06)

• "Re-Claiming Development in the Doha Round" (2/9/06)

• EU/N. Zealand Talks (2/2/06)

• EU/India Doha Talks (2/1/06)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson on Doha (1/23/06)

• WTO's Lamy & EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson Discuss Doha (1/12/06)

• EU Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) (12/21/05)

• EU on WTO Generic Medicines Access Solution (12/6/05)

• EU on Doha at G7 (12/2/05)

• G90: Doha & Development; More; Background; Goals (11/30/05)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson: "Trade & Poverty" (11/10/05)

Agricultural Issues:

• Myths about World Agricultural Trade (12/06)

• EU Perspective on Doha Outcome (3/1/06)

• EU Agriculture Offer's Straight Facts (2/3/06)

• EU Agriculture Commissioner Fischer Boel Press Statement (1/12/06)

• EU Agriculture & the World Trade Talks (2/27/05)

Hong Kong Ministerial Meeting, December 13-18, 2005:

• Final Statement by EU Commissioners Mandelson & Fischer Boel (mp3)(12/18/05)

• EU Welcomes Successful Meeting Outcome; Agreement Text; EU Position (12/18/05)

• Main Issues (12/18/05)

• Draft Ministerial Declaration (12/17/05)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson's Press Conference (12/16/05)

• EU Conditions for Export Subsidies' End (12/16/05)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson's Press Conference (12/15/05)

• EU Agriculture Commissioner Fischer Boel & Trade Commissioner Mandelson: Statements (12/15/05) (mp3)

• Food Aid: EU Urges US Reform (12/14/05)

• What Is the EU Asking from Developing Countries? (12/14/05)

• EU Committed to Developing Countries' Bananas Fair Deal (12/14/05)

• Q&A with EU Agriculture Commissioner Fischer Boel & Trade Commissioner Mandelson (12/14/05)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson's Plenary Session Speech (12/14/05)

• "EU Has Offered Concessions," EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson, USA Today (12/13/05)

• "Trading Favors," EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson, New York Times (12/13/05)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson at World Bank/IMF Panel (12/13/05)

• EU Big New Trade Aid Boost (12/13/05)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson at Opening WTO Parliamentary Assembly (12/12/05)

• EU Calls for Progress (12/12/05)

• EU Agriculture Facts (12/12/05)

• EU Agriculture Commissioner Fischer Boel: "Agriculture: Outlook for Hong Kong" (12/12/05)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson's Statement Prior to Departure for Hong Kong (12/8/05)

• "THE ROAD TO HONG KONG: MIXING AMBITION WITH REALISM," Speech by Ambassador John Bruton; More (12/8/05)

• Agriculture Directorate General's WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Meeting Website; Pre-Hong Kong Press Conference (EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson & EU Agriculture Commissioner Fischer Boel) (12/8/06)

• European Parliament's Position (12/1/05)

• Council of the EU (11/21/05)

• Mandelson Statements: Nov. 7; Nov. 8; Nov. 9

• "Where Next for Doha" (EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson's Nov. 3 Wall Street Journal editorial)

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson: "Doha: Goals for Hong Kong" (11/23/05)

• New EU Offer (10/28/05)