Regional Consultation on 'WTO and South Asia: Strategising Beyond Hong Kong'

Centre for Trade & Development and the Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Initiative, UNDP Regional Centre, Colombo, are organising a Regional Consultation on 'WTO and South Asia: Strategising Beyond Hong Kong' in New Delhi on April 21-22, 2006.

Multilateral trade negotiations have entered a crucial phase after the conclusion of the sixth WTO Ministerial Conference held in Hong Kong in December 2005. There are wide-ranging issues and concerns for developing countries in general and South Asia in particular related to making trade work for development.

In this backdrop, Centad and UNDP, Colombo, will bring together key stakeholders across South Asian countries to reflect critically on the Ministerial Text adopted in Hong Kong and seek negotiating inputs for strategising beyond Hong Kong. The consultation seeks to provide a platform for all the stakeholders in South Asia to voice their concerns and priorities relating to the overall direction of the multilateral trading regime.

To view the programme schedule, kindly access the following link: http://www.centad.org/announcement_12.asp

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