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Ninth WTO Ministerial Conference: 5-7

December 2013

Bali ac!a"e:1. Streamline Trade

2. Allow Developing Countries more options for

providing food security

3. oost least developed countries! trade and

"elp development more generally.

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1. #epu$lic of %emen& 1'(t" mem$er

2. )east Developed *em$er Country& 3+

3. ,ssues related to development- including food security

in developing countries and cotton and a num$er of

ot"er provisions for least developed countries

. /olitical commitment to reduce e0port su$sidies in

agriculture and eep t"em at low levels

+. #educe o$stacles to trade w"en agricultural products

are imported t"roug" uotas.

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1. Trade acilitation

. Simplify customs procedures $y reducing costs

and improving t"eir speed and efficiency.

. *ae trade easier- faster and c"eaper

. /rovide clarity- efficiency and transparency

. #educe $ureaucracy and corruption

. 4se tec"nological advances

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Bali ac!a"e

#$ %ssistance for &e'elo(in" an& least

&e'elo(e& co)ntries

4pdate t"eir infrastructure

Train customs officials

or for any ot"er cost associated wit"implementing t"e agreement

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%"ric)lt)re an& Cotton

S"ielding pu$lic stoc"olding programmes for

food security in developing counties- so t"at

t"ey would not $e c"allenged legally even if a

country!s limits for trade5distorting domestic

support were $reac"ed

The proposed solution will be interim until apermanent one is agreed with a workprogramme set up aiming to produce apermanent solution in four years.

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Tariff uota administration6 a tariff uota

w"ere volumes inside uota "ave a lower duty7is to $e "andled w"en t"e uota is persistently

under5filled

Members ha'e a"ree& on a combination of

Cons)ltations an& (ro'i&in" information

*hen +)otas are )n&er-fille&

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Strong /olitical Statement to ensure e0port

su$sidies and ot"er measures wit" similar

effect are low

,mproving maret access fro cotton products

from least countries- and wit" development

assistance for production in t"ose countries

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De'elo(ment ,ss)es

o)r &oc)ments remaine& )nchan"e& fromtheir .ene'a /ersions

1$ Duty5free- uota5free access for least

developed countries to e0port to ric"ercountries! maret

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2$ Simplified preferential rules of origin for least

developed counties- maing it easier for t"ese

countries to identify products as t"eir own

goods- and ualify for preferential treatment in

importing countries.

3. A :service waiver;. Allowing least developedcountries preferential access to ric"er countries!

services marets.

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#$ A :monitoring mec"anism; consisting of

meetings and ot"er met"ods for monitoringspecial treatment given to developing

countries