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 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.
- Latest developments: WTO Doha Round Bulletins
- Doha Framework Package
Australia and the WTO
- Agriculture
- Non-agricultural (industrial) products
- Services
- Intellectual property (including geographical indications)
- Trade and environment
- Trade remedies
- WTO rules
- Trade facilitation
- WTO and free trade agreements
- Trade Policy Review Mechanism
- Australia's WTO Tariff Schedule
- WTO accessions and how Australia stands to benefit
- Information Technology Agreement
WTO dispute settlement
- Australia and WTO dispute settlement
- Australia's involvement in current WTO disputes
- EC geographical indications (GIs) for foodstuffs and agricultural products - questions and answers