I am sure, that you have already heard a lot about the biennial Ministerial Conferences of the World Trade Organization. After the
failure of the last Ministerial Conference in Seattle to launch a new
round of trade negotiations, trade ministers will again meet in Doha
(Qatar), between 9 and 13 November, to review the functioning of the WTO
system, and, possibly, to decide on initiating a new trade round. At
present, trade diplomats in Geneva are still working on a draft
Ministerial Declaration. It would be too early to predict the outcome of
these negotiations, but what we can state fairly is that the fate of the
next Ministerial Conference is of considerable interest to the business
community.

Since 1999, the World Tr@de Net (WTN) programme has been following
developments in the WTO and has done its best to explain to the business
communities in developing countries and transition economies the
business implications of WTO negotiations. (For more information consult
the web-site of the programme: are encouraged to respond. I will moderate the discussion via e-mail.

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Please, forward this e-mail to any of your colleagues who may be
interested in sharing their opinions, ideas and experiences.

Sincerely,

Peter Naray
ITC
Senior Advisor on Multilateral Trading System
Moderator of the Conference

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