Committee on Trade and Development - Dedicated Session - Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade: Designation of a Regional Body - Communication from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Fiji, G[...]St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Fiji, G[...]St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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World Trade
Organization WT/COMTD/SE/W/15
18 October 2005
(05-4771) Committee on Trade and Development
Dedicated Session Original: English
Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade:
Designation of a Regional Body
Communication from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Fiji,
Grenada, Jamaica, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands,
St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
The following communication, dated 13 October 2005, is being circulated at the request of the above delegations.
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This Paper sets out some proposals to address certain specific concerns of the co sponsors as it relates to the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade. The multilateral trading system needs to identify and implement responses to the issues identified in this submission to overcome the inherent economic disadvantages faced by these small, vulnerable economies.
Introduction
As small, vulnerable economies (SVEs),