§ Mr. MacleanTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list those subjects(a) which he will raise and (b) which he expects other states to raise at the Trade Ministers Council of 10 and 11 May. [83818]
§ Mr. WilsonThe meeting agreed that the EU's objectives in preparing for the next Round of World Trade Organisation talks in Seattle in November should be to secure agreement to
a new Round of comprehensive multilateral trade negotiations embracing subjects and issues of interest to all WTO members;a short, time limited Round to be completed in three years;a 'single undertaking' to ensure that all participants accept the outcome of the negotiations as a whole;specific issues, which are ready for decision at Seattle, such as a binding commitment to provide duty free access for essentially all products from least developed countries, and steps to improve WTO transparency.There was broad agreement among Member States on the EU's priority areas for future negotiations. These include: agriculture, services, investment, trade facilitation, technical standards, electronic commerce, industrial tariffs, trade and the environment, intellectual property rights,
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