Seminar on post-Bali agenda of WTO and trade facilitation
Updated: Mar 04, 2014 12:47:35pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (KNN) Providing an opportunity for entrepreneurs and industry bodies to interact with policy makers and gain insights on their perspectives regarding the Bali Ministerial Conference, a seminar will be held here on post-Bali agenda of WTO and trade facilitation.
Organised by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Centre for WTO Studies and FICCI, the seminar will be held on March-11.
“The seminar would give us an opportunity to interact with the policy-makers and get their perspectives on the outcome of WTO’s Bali Ministerial Conference. The seminar would focus on implementation of the decisions and agreements reached in Bali and preparation of a clearly defined work programme or roadmap on the remaining issues of the Doha development agenda,” said a notice.
It would also provide us with a forum to understand and deliberate on the Trade Facilitation Agreement concluded in Bali, and its implications for Indian business, it added.
While Commerce Secretary, Rajeev Kher will deliver the keynote address, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Sumanta Chaudhuri and other senior officials from Commerce Ministry and experts will also address and interact with participants.
At the Ninth Ministerial Conference, held in Bali, Indonesia, from 3 to 7 December 2013, ministers adopted the “Bali Package”, a series of decisions aimed at streamlining trade, allowing developing countries more options for providing food security, boosting least-developed countries’ trade and helping development more generally.
They also adopted a number of more routine decisions and accepted Yemen as a new member of the WTO. (KNN/ES)
Organised by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Centre for WTO Studies and FICCI, the seminar will be held on March-11.
“The seminar would give us an opportunity to interact with the policy-makers and get their perspectives on the outcome of WTO’s Bali Ministerial Conference. The seminar would focus on implementation of the decisions and agreements reached in Bali and preparation of a clearly defined work programme or roadmap on the remaining issues of the Doha development agenda,” said a notice.
It would also provide us with a forum to understand and deliberate on the Trade Facilitation Agreement concluded in Bali, and its implications for Indian business, it added.
While Commerce Secretary, Rajeev Kher will deliver the keynote address, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Sumanta Chaudhuri and other senior officials from Commerce Ministry and experts will also address and interact with participants.
At the Ninth Ministerial Conference, held in Bali, Indonesia, from 3 to 7 December 2013, ministers adopted the “Bali Package”, a series of decisions aimed at streamlining trade, allowing developing countries more options for providing food security, boosting least-developed countries’ trade and helping development more generally.
They also adopted a number of more routine decisions and accepted Yemen as a new member of the WTO. (KNN/ES)
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