see press release 172<\/a>).<\/p>\nThe negotiators \u00a0looked in greater depth at the proposals, dividing their work according to subject, so that ultimately, in a later phase, they entered into the bargaining that were necessary to reach a consensus agreement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fact that almost all WTO members, big and small, have submitted such a wide variety of well thought out proposals reflects a widespread commitment to continue to reform agricultural trade,\u201d said WTO Director-General Mike Moore. \u201cMore than that, it is a powerful vote of confidence in the multilateral system.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe next phases are not going to be easy, but there is clearly a healthy determination to work together on this,\u201d he said. “The interests of everyone, from subsistence cultivators and herdsmen in developing countries, to modern farmers in the developed nations, are being pushed in these talks.<\/p>\n
\u201cA year ago when the agriculture negotiations were launched I said: \u2018This is the WTO working at its best. The hard bargaining still lies ahead, and I\u2019m sure that will be much more difficult. But the goodwill shown at this meeting is a good omen for the future,\u2019 What I said then is even truer today\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The new negotiations on agriculture started in 2000 under the deal struck at the end of the 1986\u201394 Uruguay Round of multilateral trade talks. It is written into Article\u00a020 of the WTO Agriculture Agreement, part of the Uruguay Round package.<\/p>\n
Kicking off the stock-taking session of the negotiations on 26\u00a0March, the chairperson, ambassador Jorge Voto-Bernales of Peru, said: \u201cThe examination of (the) proposals and submissions (of the first phase) has been both detailed and intensive. This I am sure has contributed to heightening our appreciation of the wide range of interests involved, as well as the complexity of many of the issues which will have to be addressed in more detail in the next phase.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even so, the first phase was \u201crelatively straightforward\u201d, he went on. \u201cThe next phase will represent the beginning of a more challenging process.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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