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On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, in January 2006 trade ministers repeated their intention to conclude the negotiations by the end of the year and to stick to the timetable agreed at Hong Kong. The first stage envisaged the submission by all WTO members of detailed proposals for trade liberalization on agriculture and manufactured goods by 30 April 2006. In the following stage, countries would submit their lists of ‘sensitive’ products, which would then be exempted from reductions in customs duties. Third, it was planned that preparatory meetings should take place at the end of March, mid-May, and the end of June to prepare for the two key meetings in April and July (Agence Europe, 31 January 2006).
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© 2011 Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt
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da Conceição-Heldt, E. (2011). Geneva Informal Meeting 2006. In: Negotiating Trade Liberalization at the WTO. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230306998_12
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