International Development - Seventh Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 7 July 2003.

CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

REPORT

SUMMARY
Development-friendly agreements on specific issues




BACKGROUND AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1  INTRODUCTION

The promise of trade and the place of Cancún

The inquiry and the report(s)

2  A "DEVELOPMENT ROUND"?

Why is a "Development Round" needed?
The WTO, Cancún and poverty reduction

What would a genuine "Development Round" look like?

Hard-bargaining and/or a development round?

Trade rules, trade policies, trade and poverty reduction

Whose benchmarks? Which comparisons?

Benchmarks and prospects for Cancún and beyond

3  AGRICULTURE

World trade in agriculture: A world of subsidies, dumping and barriers

A development-friendly outcome

The state of play: Progress, or the lack of it

The EU and the USA: "Two bald men squabbling over a comb"

The EU, CAP reform and the WTO

Multifunctionality, decoupling and (degressive) modulation

The Chirac proposal

The losers from agricultural liberalisation

Preference holders: Bananas and sugar

Net Food Importing Developing Countries and food security concerns

The Harbinson Draft

Conclusions

4  BEYOND AGRICULTURE: OTHER ISSUES FOR CANCÚN

Non-agricultural market access: Providing real market access?

The Singapore Issues: Overloading the agenda?

TRIPS: Enabling public health needs to be met?

GATS: Maintaining the right to regulate?

Commodities: Sustaining livelihoods?

5  PRIORITISING DEVELOPMENT

Effective participation by developing countries

Development-friendly rules

Policy coherence, political commitment and leadership

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

GLOSSARY

FORMAL MINUTES

WITNESSES

REPORTS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE SINCE 2001




MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 400-II)

Tuesday 4 February 2003
Tuesday 11 February 2003
Tuesday 25 February 2003
Tuesday 11 March 2003
Wednesday 19 March 2003
Thursday 20 March 2003
Thursday 20 March 2003
Tuesday 8 April 2003
Tuesday 29 April 2003
Wednesday 7 May 2003
Wednesday 7 May 2003
Wednesday 8 May 2003
Thursday 8 May 2003
Thursday 8 May 2003
Tuesday 13 May 2003
Monday 9 June 2003
Monday 30 June 2003

APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 400-II)

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Prepared 14 July 2003