Committee on Trade and Environment - Special Session - The Doha Round and Climate Change - Submission by Argentina - Paragraph 31(iii)
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World Trade
Organization TN/TE/W/74
23 November 2009
(09 5826) Committee on Trade and Environment
Special Session Original: Spanish
THE DOHA ROUND AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Submission by Argentina
Paragraph 31(iii)
The following communication, dated 20 November 2009, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Argentina.
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INTRODUCTION
This communication is a contribution to the work taking place in the Committee on Trade and Environment in Special Session (CTESS) pursuant to the mandate under paragraph 31(iii) of the Doha Ministerial Declaration, whereby the Members are to hold negotiations, without prejudging their outcome, on the reduction or, as appropriate, elimination of tariff and non tariff barriers to environmental goods and services.
Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges faced by man. The WTO negotiations to eliminate barriers to trade in environmental goods and services should therefore be ai