WTO General Council Meeting: October 19-23, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland.The WTO General Council
The General Council is the WTO’s highest-level decision-making body in Geneva, meeting regularly to carry out the functions of the WTO. It has representatives (usually ambassadors or equivalent) from all member governments and has the authority to act on behalf of the ministerial conference which only meets about every two years. The current chairman is H.E. Mr. Mario MATUS (Chile).
The General Council also meets, under different rules, as the Dispute Settlement Body and as the Trade Policy Review Body.
National capitals will be meeting to push negotiations ahead on all issues on October 19-23
Trade issues have accumulated over the eight years of Doha negotiations. Tradeparticipants cannot afford to wait any longer for the political will to do the impossible.
Truth About Trade & Technology
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