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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)