Committee on Agriculture - Special session - Sub-Committee on Cotton - Seventh dedicated discussion of the relevant trade-related developments for cotton - 24 July 2017 - Report by the Chairman

Seventh DEDICATED DISCUSSION OF THE RELEVANT

TRADE-RELATED DEVELOPMENTS FOR COTTON

24 july 2017

Report[1] by the Chairman, H.E. Dr. Stephen Ndũn'gũ Karau

1.  Pursuant to the Bali Ministerial Decision on Cotton of 7 December 2013[2] and the Nairobi Ministerial Decision on Cotton of 19 December 2015[3], the seventh Dedicated Discussion of the relevant trade-related developments for cotton took place on 24 July 2017. The Dedicated Discussion was held back-to-back with the 27th Round of the Director-General's Consultative Framework Mechanism on Cotton (DGCFMC), dedicated to the development-assistance aspects of cotton.



[1] This report is circulated under the Chair's own responsibility.

[2] Document WT/MIN(13)/41 – WT/L/916, dated 11 December 2013.

[3] Document WT/MIN(15)/46 – WT/L/981, dated 21 December 2015.