Resources on agriculture trade: WTO documents
Member submissions
Negotiating Group on Tropical Products: Communication on the Implementation of the Mandate on Tropical and Alternative Products
1 November 2007
ACP Proposal For Addressing Long-Standing Preferences and Preference Erosion
October 2007
African Group: Communication on Commodities
2 July 2007
EC Proposal for the Treatment of Sensitive Products
29 June 2007
EC Proposals on Certain Market Access Issues
29 June 2007
G-20: Improving Monitoring and Surveillance Mechanisms
20 June 2007
Cairns Group Proposal: Improving Monitoring and Surveillance
11 June 2007
Pakistan: Modalities for the Selection and Treatment of Special Products (SPs) by Developing Countries
10 April 2007
G-33 Revised List of Indicators
21 March 2007
Negotiating proposal by Recently Acceded Members (RAMs)
13 March 2007
Cairns Group proposal on sensitive products
9 March 2007
Cairns Group proposal on tropical and alternative products
9 March 2007
Pakistan: Special Products - Possible Elements for Discussion
19 January 2007
Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay: Revised Consolidated Reference Paper On Possible Modalities On Market Access - SSM: Some Unanswered Technical Issues                 [ 21 June 2006 ]
Canada: agriculture domestic support simulations
13 June 2006
Communication from Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama: Tropical Products and Alternative Products
8 June 2006
Comunicación de Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala y Panamá: Productos Tropicales y Productos Alternativos
8 June 2006
Cairns Group - Other Market Access Elements
2 June 2006
Ecuador and Panama: communication on Recently Acceded Members
2 June 2006
Australia - Tariff Quota Administration
2 June 2006
Canada - Proposed Approach for Addressing Tariff Escalation
2 June 2006
Canada - Domestic Support simulations
22 May 2006
Australia - Applied Tariff simulations
22 May 2006
G-20 comments on Food Aid
19 May 2006
G-20 comments on the Chair's Reference Paper on the Green Box
16 May 2006
G-20 comments on the Chair's Reference Paper on the Blue Box
16 May 2006
G-33, African Group, ACP and LDCs joint communication on Special Products and the Special Safeguard Mechanism
11 May 2006
US communication on Special Products
3 May 2006
Colombia communication on cotton
3 May 2006
Thailand paper on Special Products
2 May 2006
Joint communication on Tropical and Alternative Products, by Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru
28 April 2006
US communication on the Special Agricultural Safeguard and the Special Safeguard Mechanism
24 April 2006
EU proposal on food aid
24 April 2006
Armenia, Kyygyz Republic, Armenia: Communication from Small Low-Income Economies in Transition, Recently Acceded to the WTO
20 April 2006
G-10 proposal on sensitive products
18 April 2006
US communication on State Trading Export Enterprises
11 April 2006
US communication on domestic support
11 April 2006
US communication on food aid
7 April 2006
Africa Group communication on the Green Box
6 April 2006
G-33 revised proposal on Special Safeguard Mechanism
23 March 2006
African and LDC Groups' communication on food aid
6 March 2006
Proposed Modalities for Cotton under the Mandate of the Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration: Communication from the Co-sponsors of the Sectoral Initiative in Favour of Cotton               
 [ 1 March 2006 ]
Proposed Elements of the Reduction Formula For Domestic Support For Cotton, by Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali
16 February 2006
G10 Positions on Domestic Support
25 January 2006
G10 Proposal on the Treatment of Sensitive Products
14 December 2005
G-33 Proposal on the Modalities for the Designation and Treatment of any Agricultural Product as a Special Product (SP) by any Developing Country Member             [ 22 November 2005 ]
Proposal by Small Vulnerable Economies on Market Access in Agriculture: Communication from Barbados, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Honduras, Mauritius, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay and Trinidad and Tobago    [11November2005]
Making Hong Kong a Success: Europe's Contribution
28 October 2005
Making Hong Kong a Success: Europe's Contribution
28 October 2005
G-33 Proposal on the Special Safeguard Mechanism
October 2005
ACP Proposal on Market Access in Agriculture
October 2005
Australian Contribution: Sensitive Products
19 October 2005
G20 Proposal on Sensitive Products: Selection and Treatment
19 October 2005
G20 Proposal on Improving Monitoring and Surveillance Mechanisms
19 October 2005
G20 Proposal on Tropical Products
14 October 2005
G20 Proposal on Market Access
12 October 2005
G20 Proposal on Domestic Support
12 October 2005
G33 Statement
11 October 2005
EU Market Access Formula
11 October 2005
G10 Market Access Proposal
10 October 2005
U.S. Proposal for WTO Agriculture Negotiations
10 October 2005
Statement by EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson on the EU Negotiating Position. EU Conditional Negotiating Proposals
10 October 2005
G20 Proposal on Maintaining the Special Status of Exporting STEs in Developing Countries
8 October 2005
G20 Proposal on Article 12.1- Export Prohibitions and Restrictions.
7 October 2005
G20 Proposal for the Establishment of Product-Specific caps in AMS
7 October 2005
ACP Proposal on Market Access in Agriculture
October 2005
Bhurban G-20 Ministerial Declaration
10 September 2005
Trade Negotiations Committee - Key Concerns of the ACP Group in Agriculture
31 August 2005
Dalian WTO Informal Ministerial Meeting: Co-Chair's Summary
13 July 2005
G20 Proposal: Elements for Discussion on Market Access
8 July 2005
G-33 Ministerial Communique
12 June 2005
G20 Green Box submission
June 2005
Canada Green Box submission
June 2005
Africa Group - Proposed Elements of Modalities in Connection with the Sectoral Initiative in Favour of Cotton
22 April 2005
Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou Declaration on the Cotton Situation Since the Adoption of the July 2004 Package
7 April 2005
G-20 New Delhi Declaration
19 March 2005
G-20 market access proposal
28 May 2004
Lamy-Fischler letter to trade ministers
9 May 2004
G21 alternative text on agriculture
14 September 2003
Consolidated African Union/ACP/LDC Position On Agriculture
12 September 2003
Joint Text on Agriculture by 20 developing countries (G-20): Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, China, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, India, Mexico, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Peru, Thailand and South Africa and Venezuela  [ 4 September 2003 ]
Negatiations on agriculture: Text by Albania, Croatia, Georgia, Jordan, Moldova and Oman for the Cancun Ministerial Declaration
25 August 2003
Negatiations on agriculture: Text by Kenya on special and differential treatment for the Cancun Ministerial Declaration
25 August 2003
Draft Decision Concerning Specific Measures in Favour of Cotton with a View to Poverty Alleviation, by Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali
22 August 2003 (Version française)
Negotiations on agriculture: Text by Norway for the Cancun Ministerial Declaration
21 August 2003
Negotiations on agriculture: Text by Japan for the Cancun Ministerial Declaration
20 August 2003
Negotiations on agriculture: Joint text by Bulgaria, Chinese Taipei, Iceland, Korea, Liechtenstein and Switzerland for the Cancun Ministerial Declaration         [ 20 August 2003 ]
Negotiations on agriculture: Remarks by African Group on EU-US Paper
19 August 2003
Negotiations on agriculture: Joint text by Dominican Republic, Honduras, Kenya, Nicaragua, Panama and Sri Lanka for the Cancun Ministerial Declaration         [ 19 August 2003 ]
Negotiations on agriculture: EU-US Joint text on agriculture for the Cancun Ministerial Declaration
13 August 2003
Proposal on Implementation Modalities with respect to the Sectoral Initiative in Favour of Cotton by Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali
4 August 2003
Crisis Situation Created by the Long-Term Trend Towards Decline in Prices of Primary Commodities to the Trade and Development of Developing Countries Which are Heavily Dependent on Their Exports, by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania      [ 22 July 2003 ]
Proposal by the European Commission on the WTO agriculture negotiations
29 January 2003
Poverty Reduction: Sectoral Initiative in Favour of Cotton. Joint Proposal by Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali
16 May 2003
Namibia - proposal for agriculture negotiations
23 March 2001
African Group - proposal for agriculture negotiations
23 March 2001
Jordan - proposal for agriculture negotiations
22 March 2001
Mexico - proposal for agriculture negotiations
19 March 2001
Senegal - preliminary positions for agriculture negotiations
19 March 2001
Kenya - proposal for agriculture negotiations
12 March 2001
Democratic Republic of Congo - proposal for agriculture negotiations
12 March 2001
Nigeria - proposal for agriculture negotiations
14 February 2001
Egypt - comprehensive proposal for agriculture negotiations and Revision
6 February 2001 and 21 March 2001
Turkey - proposal for agriculture negotiations and Corrigendum
5 February 2001 and 15 February 2001
Morocco - proposal for agriculture negotiations
5 February 2001
Poland - proposal for continuation of the reform process in agriculture
19 January 2001
India - proposal for agriculture negotiations
15 January 2001
Norway - proposal for agriculture negotiations
11 January 2001
Mali - proposal for agriculture negotiations
11 January 2001
Republic of Korea - negotiating proposal on agriculture
9 January 2001
Mauritius - negotiating proposal on agriculture
28 December 2000
Swaziland proposal on market access under special and differential treatment for small developing countries
22 December 2000
Switzerland proposal on agriculture negotiations
21 December 2000
Canada proposal on domestic support
21 December 2000
Negotiating Proposal by Japan on WTO Agricultural Negotiations
21 December 2000
EU Comprehensive Negotiating Proposal
14 December 2000
Domestic Support - Additional Flexibility for Transition Economies. Proposal by Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, the Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Slovak Republic and Slovenia      [ 14 November 2000 ]
ASEAN proposal on Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries in World Agricultural Trade
10 November 2000
Cairns Group proposal on domestic support
22 September 2000
EU proposal on blue box and other support measures to agriculture
28 June 2000
US proposal for comprehensive long-term agricultural trade reform
23 June 2000
US note on domestic support reform
23 June 2000
Green Box - proposal by Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Pakistan, Haiti, Nicaragua, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and El Salvador
23 June 2000
Chair’s draft modalities February 2008
Chair’s working documents November 2007–January 2008
Working Documents on Export Competition, circulated by Ambr. Falconer, WTO Ag. Negotiations Chair
7 November 2007
"Draft Modalities for Agriculture", circulated by Ambr. Falconer, WTO Ag. Negotiations Chair
17 July version and corrected 1 August version
'Challenges' Paper from the Chair of the WTO Agriculture Negotiations, Ambassador Crawford Falconer: first and second instalments
30 April 2007
Draft Possible Modalities on Agriculture
22 June 2006
Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s Reference Paper on Export Competition
15 June 2006
Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s Reference Paper on Market Access
9 June 2006
Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s Revised Reference Paper on the Green Box
30 May 2006
Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s Revised Reference Paper on the Blue Box
24 May 2006
Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s Reference Paper on Amber Box (AMS)
24 May 2006
Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s Reference Paper on Overall Trade Distorting Support
24 May 2006
Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s Reference Paper on Tropical Products
17 May 2006
Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s Reference Paper on Preference Erosion
17 May 2006
Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s Reference Paper on Sensitive Products
10 May 2006
Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s revised Reference Paper on Food Aid
10 May 2006
Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s revised Reference Paper on Export Credits
10 May 2006
Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s revised Reference Paper on State Trading Enterprises
10 May 2006
Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s Reference Paper on Small Vulnerable Economies
4 May 2006
Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s Reference Paper on Recently Acceded Members
4 May 2006
Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s Reference Paper on Special Products
4 May 2006
Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s Reference Paper on the Special Safeguard Mechanism
26 April 2006
Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s Reference Paper on Export Credits
13 April 2006
Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s Reference Paper on the Blue Box
13 April 2006
Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s Reference Paper on the Green Box
12 April 2006
Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s Reference Paper on Food Aid
11 April 2006
Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s Reference Paper on Exporting State Trading Enterprises
11 April 2006
Agriculture Chair Ambr. Falconer’s Questions For Post-Hong Kong Agriculture Talks
9 February 2006
Draft Ministerial Text for the WTO's Sixth Ministerial Conference, Revision 2
18 December 2005
Final Draft Ministerial Text for the WTO's Sixth Ministerial Conference
7 December 2005
Revised Draft Ministerial Text for the WTO's Sixth Ministerial Conference
1 December 2005
Draft Ministerial Text for the WTO's Sixth Ministerial Conference
26 November 2005
Report by the Chair of the Committee on Agriculture, Special Session to the TNC
23 November 2005
Draft Report by the Chair of the Committee on Agriculture
22 November 2005
Environmental Issues Raised in the Agriculture Negotiations
5 October 2005
Agriculture Negotiations - Status Report: Key Issues to be Addressed by 31 July 2005. Assessment by the Chairman of the WTO Committee on Agriculture Special Session.      
 [ 27 June 2005 ]
Doha Work Programme: Decision Adopted by the General Council on 1 August 2004, WT/L/579
2 August 2004
Tariff Negotiations In Agriculture: Reduction Methods: WTO Secretariat paper
August 2003
Draft Cancun Ministerial Declaration
24 August 2003
Annexes to the Draft Cancún Ministerial Text: Agriculture (Rev. 2), prepared by Chair Luis Ernesto Derbez, WTO
2003
Annexes to the Draft Cancún Ministerial Text: Agriculture (Rev. 1), prepared by Pérez del Castillo and Supachai, WTO
2003
Negotiations on agriculture: report by the Chairman, Mr. Stuart Harbinson, to the TNC
7 July 2003
Negotiations on Agriculture: Revised First Draft of Modalities for the Further Commitments, by Stuart Harbinson, Chair of the WTO Committee on Agriculture Special Session  
 [ 18 March 2003 ]
Negotiations on Agriculture: First Draft of Modalities for the Further Commitments, by Stuart Harbinson, Chair of the WTO Committee on Agriculture Special Session       
 [ 12 February 2003 ]
'Overview Paper' on the modalities negotiations, by Stuart Harbinson, Chair of the WTO Committee on Agriculture Special Session
18 December 2002
Overview of the Negotiating Proposals Submitted in the First Phase of the agriculture negotiations
2000 - 2001