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WTO Senior Officials Meeting in Geneva
Published Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 05:03 AM
The WTO’s Second Senior Officials Week is underway in Geneva. This week’s meeting includes the areas of agriculture and environment. At an informal Trade Negotiations Committee meeting Monday World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy expressed the hope that the meetings will help provide - the momentum we need as we move towards the Ministerial Conference.

Lamy said, - this week's meeting on agriculture will continue last week's engagement on templates and the Chairman may further explore a number of outstanding modalities issues, including the Special Safeguard Mechanism. Lamy added, - I understand that various groups are continuing talks on the issue of tropical products.

On environment, Lamy reported that - a number of new proposals have been tabled very recently and in particular on the environmental goods and services part of the mandate. Lamy expressed the hope that - this week could provide useful political focus over this chapter.

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