TWN News Updates on 12th WTO Ministerial Conference Geneva
(12-15 June 2022)

• WTO: South suffers loss at MC12, EU & US biggest winners
  by D. Ravi Kanth (22 Jun 22)
  
  
• WTO: Exclusionary unrepresentative processes behind the celebrated MC12 ‘Package’
  by Kinda Mohamadieh (20 Jun 22)
  
  
• WTO: MC12 concludes with outcomes favourable to US & EU
  by D. Ravi Kanth (20 Jun 22)
  
  
• Intense IP Negotiations are Underway, resolution on Eligibility Criteria Outstanding
  by Sangeeta Shashikant (16 Jun 22)
  
  
• WTO: MC12 extended to 16 June due to differences on deliverables
  by D. Ravi Kanth (16 Jun 22)
  
  
• WTO: UK, Swiss and US positions likely to stymie WTO negotiations
  by D. Ravi Kanth (15 Jun 22)
  
  
• WTO: Ministers voice divergent views at MC12
  by D. Ravi Kanth (14 Jun 22)
  
  
• WTO: DG allegedly defies WTO rules, espouses controversial JSIs at MC12
  by D. Ravi Kanth (14 Jun 22)
  
  
• WTO MC12: Agriculture and Food Security Negotiations - Implications for the South
  by Ranja Sengupta (13 Jun 22)
  
  
• WTO MC12: Special and Differential Treatment takes a beating in the latest Draft Fisheries Text
  by Ranja Sengupta (12 Jun 22)
  
  
• WTO DG expects two out of five possible outcomes at MC12
  by D. Ravi Kanth (11 Jun 22)
  
  
• WTO: Anti-diversion provision in waiver decision text emerges as the next flash point
  by TWN (11 Jun 22)
  
  
• WTO: DG's alleged "pressure tactics" to push through decisions at MC12
  by D. Ravi Kanth (10 Jun 22)
  
  
• WTO: "Misleading" statements by DG, chairs likely to create uncertainty at MC12
  by D. Ravi Kanth (09 Jun 22)
  
  
• WTO: DG pushes five unresolved MC12 deliverables to ministers
  by D. Ravi Kanth (08 Jun 22)
  
  
• African Group, ACP, G33 call for permanent solution on PSH at MC12
  by D. Ravi Kanth (06 Jun 22)

TWN Briefings for 12th WTO Ministerial Conference

• Fisheries subsidies negotiations towards the WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference: Considerations for developing countries and LDCs
  by Ranja Sengupta


• Agriculture and Food Security Negotiations Text at WTO MC12: Implications for Developing Countries
  by Ranja Sengupta


• Looking towards WTO MC12: What’s on the table for developing countries and LDCs
  (Spanish) (French)
  by Kinda Mohamadieh & Ranja Sengupta


• The Plurilateral Joint-Statement Initiative on Investment Facilitation: Its developmental promise hangs in thin air
  (Spanish)
  by Kinda Mohamadieh


• Services (Spanish)
  by Kinda Mohamadieh


• Special and differential treatment (Spanish)
  by Kinda Mohamadieh


• Environment- and Climate-Related JSIs: Buyer Beware
  


• Reference Paper on Services Domestic Regulations: Overview of main content and regulatory implications
  by Kinda Mohamadieh


• WHAT’S COOKING FOR MC12? Two processes that could reshape the WTO in the interest of the most powerful
  (Spanish) (Arabic)
  


• Agricultural negotiations for MC12: A factsheet for developing countries
  (Spanish)
  by Ranja Sengupta

• Comments on the leaked draft text of discussions facilitated by the Director-General of the World Trade Organization with respect to the TRIPS Waiver proposal
  by TWN (April 2022)

• Certification of GATS schedules and the plurilateral reference paper on services domestic regulation
  by Jane Kelsey (November 2021)

• Open CSO letter to WTO Director General and Members on Walker process, TRIPS waiver and WTO reform
  


• Briefing note on Services Domestic Regulation JSI text of 27 September 2021 (INF/SDR/1)
  by Jane Kelsey


• Investment Facilitation Joint Statement Initiative: No home in the WTO
  by Jane Kelsey


• Plurilateral Initiatives and Their Interaction with WTO Rules
  by Kinda Mohamadieh


• Scope of an Investment Facilitation Framework: Implications for Its Developmental Claim
  by Kinda Mohamadieh