PREFACE
With the
successful commencement of the Doha Round of Trade Negotiations, developing
countries need to acquire a much more proactive and coordinated approach in
their future participation, and thus intensive collaborative preparation for
WTO negotiation.
NAM CSSTC and
Ministry of Primary Resources (MIPR) took the initiative to provide government
officials, private sectors and other parties concerned with a forum to discuss
and share best practices in addressing WTO-related issues. Issues to be
discussed cover the most important issues to be negotiated in the Doha Round.
The Meeting of Experts and Decision Makers on “Government-Business
Collaboration in Addressing WTO-Related Issues”
The Meeting of
Expert and Decision Makers on Government-Business Collaboration in Addressing
WTO-Related Issues “was then conducted in
The meeting
focused on WTO-related issues within the context of how to build the nation’s
capacity to take advantage of the globalized trading
system and conforming the national trade policy and regulatory framework to
Multilateral Trading System. Furthermore the meeting also highlighted the
mechanism for interaction between government and business in the formulation,
implementation and monitoring policies.
NAM CSSTC
invited experts, policy makers and business practitioners of selected