WTO Committee on Trade and Environment Discusses Services, Two Thematic Clusters and Adopts 2001 Report and Schedule of Meetings for 2002
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Trade and Environment bulletin
PRESS/TE/037
16 October 2001
(01-5053)
WTO COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT DISCUSSES SERVICES, TWO THEMATIC CLUSTERS AND ADOPTS 2001 REPORT AND SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS FOR 2002
At the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) meeting on 4 October 2001, Members adopted the CTE Annual Report for 2001 (see Annex). The Chairman, Ambassador Alejandro Jara (Chile), will present this Report to the General Council at its meeting of 23 October 2001. Members also adopted the CTE's work programme and schedule of meetings for 2002.
At this meeting, Members addressed services and the environment, and the two thematic clusters of market access and the linkages between the multilateral environmental and trade agendas. The meeting was brief since Members were heavily engaged in preparing for the WTO's upcoming Fourth Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar, which will be held from 9-13 November 2001. At the meeting, the Secretariat was