ARUN SHOURIE TO
ATTEND INFORMAL WTO MINISTERIAL IN SYDNEY
Shri Arun Shourie,
Union Minister for Disinvestment with additional charge of Commerce
& Industry, will be leading the Indian delegation to the informal
meeting of World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministers, scheduled
to be held in Sydney (Australia) on 14th and 15th
November, 2002. The delegation includes Commerce Secretary, Shri
Dipak Chatterjee; Shri S.N. Menon, Additional Secretary; Ministry
of Commerce & Industry and Shri K.M. Chandrasekhar, Ambassador
of India to the WTO. The informal meeting of WTO Ministers (mini-ministerial),
being hosted by the Government of Australia, is intended to facilitate
an exchange of views amongst WTO Ministers on the progress of
negotiations in the context of the Doha agenda and the next Ministerial
meeting of the WTO in September 2003 in Mexico (Cancun).
Trade Ministers from
about 25 member countries are expected to participate in the Sydney
Meet including Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, Egypt, the European
Union (EU), India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Republic of Korea,
Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Singapore, South Africa,
Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago and the US.
The post-Doha issues
listed in the agenda of the Sydney Meet include Implementation
issues, Special & Differential Treatment, TRIPS & Public
Health and Market Access.
