Australian Government - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Advancing the interests of Australia and Australians internationally

Australian Government - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Advancing the interests of Australia and Australians internationally

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 SingaporeGenevaSeattleDohaCancúnHong Kong and most recently in Geneva in November–December 2009. See the transcript of the Trade Minister's intervention to the Plenary Meeting of the 2009 Seventh WTO Ministerial Conference.

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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