Negotiating Group on Market Access - Report by the Chairman, Ambassador Luzius Wasescha -18 July 2012
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18 July 2012
(12-3916) Negotiating Group on Market Access
NEGOTIATING GROUP ON MARKET ACCESS
Report by the Chairman, Ambassador Luzius Wasescha
18 July 2012
INTRODUCTION
1. The last written report I circulated is dated 21 April 2011 (TN/MA/W/103/Rev.3/Add.1). That report has been supplemented over the year by regular updates provided by the Chairman of the TNC regarding the state of play of the NAMA negotiations. On the eve of my departure as Chairman of the Negotiating Group, which I have had the honour of chairing since October 2008, I wished to provide negotiators and my successor with some observations concerning this area of the DDA negotiations.
2. What I have noted in the last few years, (since 2008) is that there is little enthusiasm in Members to follow a reform agenda either because people believe markets will solve issues or because the forces opposed to any change are too strong for supporting refo