National Stakeholder Consultation on WTO Negotiations (8-9 December 2009)

Under UNCTAD- GOI-DFID Project

Strategies and Preparedness for Trade and Globalisation in India

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) India Programme, Centre for WTO Studies, New Delhi and FICCI are jointly organising a National Stakeholder Consultation on WTO Negotiations in New Delhi on 8-9 December 2009. Venue of the meeting is Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi.

The meeting would provide a platform for two-way interaction between stakeholders and the Department of Commerce on issues related to some aspects of WTO negotiations, particularly agriculture, fisheries subsidies, industrial tariffs and services. In industrial tariffs the discussions are likely to focus on sectors such as textiles and clothing, leather, electronics, electrical equipment, chemical, auto and auto components, fish products etc. The meeting would help the Department of Commerce to explain its stand on key negotiating issues to the stakeholders and to seek their views on these issues. The stakeholder consultation assumes importance in the context of Ministerial Conference of the WTO held in Geneva on 30 November – 2 December 2009. The stakeholder consultation would provide an opportunity to the participants to get informed about the outcome of Geneva Ministerial Conference of the WTO. The meeting will bring together representatives of farmer organizations, civil society, consumer organizations, industry representatives, experts and policy makers.