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Commission on Trade in Goods and Services and Commodities, 11th session. 7th informal meeting. Item 6: Trade, Environment and Development

Geneva, Switzerland. 22 March 2007

The Commission will address selected trade and environment issues that have received considerable attention in recent international policy discourse, and related UNCTAD activities. These include:
i) the liberalization of international trade in environmental goods and services under the Doha round;
ii) issues on environmental requirements and market access for developing countries carried out under UNCTAD´s Consultative Task Force on Environmental Requirements and Market Access for Developing Countries; and
ii) trade and production opportunities in organic agriculture.

The Commission will also examine:
i) the challenges and opportunities of the biofuels option for developing countries, particularly in the context of UNCTAD´s Biofuels Initiative;
ii) the BioTrade verification/certification scheme for product differentiation and recognition of the sustainability efforts undertaken by small and medium-sized enterprises; and
iii) trade, investment and technology transfer opportunities under various Multilateral Environmental Agreements

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Documents

Title	Author	File Versions
Programme	Secretariat
Facilitating Market Access and Making Trade Work for Sustainable Development; Introductory Presentation on Agenda Item 6: Trade, Environment and Development	Mme Puri, UNCTAD
Dealing with Non–Tariff Barriers in NAMA	C Guarda, WTO
Living Up to the Negotiating Mandate of Environmental Goods and Services – Conceptual and Practical Issues	Mr Cottier, World Trade Institute Berne
Trade and Environment Eye	Secretariat

Contacts

 

Name	Position	Tel, fax
Ulrich Hoffmann	Chief	tel: +41 (0)22 917 5780 Fax: +41 (0)22 917 0247