Ministerial Conference - Sixth Session - Hong Kong, 13 - 18 December 2005 - EC Compliance with all MFN Rights and Interests on Bananas under the Doha Minist[...] under Item 2(b) of the Agenda
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World Trade
Organization WT/MIN(05)/33
18 December 2005 (05-6195) MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
Sixth Session
Hong Kong, 13 - 18 December 2005 Original: Spanish
EC COMPLIANCE WITH ALL MFN RIGHTS AND INTERESTS ON BANANAS
UNDER THE DOHA MINISTERIAL DECISION OF 14 NOVEMBER 2001,
THE AWARD OF ARBITRATOR OF 1 AUGUST 2005, THE
AWARD OF ARBITRATOR OF 27 OCTOBER 2005,
GATT ARTICLE XIII, GATT ARTICLE XXVIII,
AND ALL OTHER WTO OBLIGATIONS
Statement by Ecuador under Item 2(b) of the Agenda
The following statement, made by the delegation of Ecuador under Agenda Item 2(b) on 14 December 2005, is being circulated at the request of that delegation.
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I have the honour to address this plenary session on an extremely sensitive topic of crucial economic and social importance to my country. Ecuador is the world's leading banana exporter and more than one million Ecuadorians depend on this industry for their livelihood.
The banana import regime ha