World Trade Organization Doha Round negotiations
The Doha Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) trade negotiations have been underway since November 2001. The Doha Ministerial Declaration mandates negotiations on a wide range of issues and has a strong focus on development.
The WTO Ministerial Conference is the topmost decision-making body of the WTO. Ministerial Conferences have been held in Singapore, Geneva, Seattle, Doha, Cancún, Hong Kong and Geneva in 2009 and most recently at the Eighth WTO Ministerial Conference (MC8). See the transcript of the Trade Minister's intervention to the Plenary Meeting of MC8.
Trade ministers also meet in other settings, either as a full ministerial meeting of all members or as a subset of the membership. Consultations amongst a group of ministers representing all interests in the negotiations took place in Geneva in July 2008. Since then, India hosted an informal mini-ministerial meeting, including representatives from 34 countries, in New Delhi in September 2009. Trade ministers also meet often in the margins of international trade-related meetings.
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Office of Trade Negotiations
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Barton ACT 0221
- Fax: (02) 6261 3514
- Email: trade.consult@dfat.gov.au