Issue No. 91

The WTO's 6th Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong, And the Continuing Resistance of the Peoples of Developing Countries

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Category: Issue No. 91

Published: Friday, 22 June 2018 12:00

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Mme. Trinidad Domingo*
THE WTO'S 6Th MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE IN HONG KONG, AND THE CONTINUING RESISTANCE OF THE PEOPLES OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES


            
The 6th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization was held in Hong Kong from December 13 to 18, 2005. WTO ministerial conferences are the WTO's highest decision-making body, and are empowered to take decisions on all matters under any of the agreements within the WTO regime. Previous to this Hong Kong conference, the 3rd Ministerial Conference of the WTO was held in Seattle, USA, in 1999 ; the 4th conference in Doha, Qatar, in November 2001 ; and the 5th conference in Cancun, Mexico, in September 2003.

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