Committee on Trade and Environment - Special session - WTO negotiations on environmental goods and services - Addressing the development dimension for a "triple-win" outcome - Communication from China and India
- China, India
- 2011/04/25
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World Trade
Organization TN/TE/W/79
15 April 2011 (11-1923) Committee on Trade and Environment
Special Session Original: English
WTO Negotiations on Environmental Goods and Services: Addressing the Development Dimension for a "Triple-Win" Outcome
Communication from China and India
The following communication, dated 13 April 2011, from the delegations of China and India is being circulated to the Committee on Trade and Environment in Special Session.
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Doha Mandate
The proponents of this paper begin by recapitulating some of the basic elements of the Doha Ministerial Declaration (DMD) that have a bearing on the discussions on Environmental Goods and Services:
Paragraph 31(iii) calls for negotiations on "the reduction or, as appropriate, elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) to environmental goods and services (EGS)."
Paragraph 32 states that particular attention is to be given to the effect of environmental measure