Committee on Trade and Development - Dedicated Session - Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures: Designation of a Regional Body - Communication from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbad[...]St. Vincent and the Grenadines

World Trade Organization WT/COMTD/SE/W/16 18 October 2005 (05-4769) Committee on Trade and Development Dedicated Session Original: English Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures: Designation of a Regional Body Communication from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Fiji, Grenada, Jamaica, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines The following communication, dated 13 October 2005, is being circulated at the request of the above delegations. _______________ This Paper sets out some proposals to address certain specific concerns of the cosponsors as it relates to the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. The multilateral trading system needs to identify and implement responses to the issues identified in this submission to overcome the inherent economic disadvantages faced by these small, vulnerable economies. Int