PROPOSED AGENDA

For action/decision

 1.     Update on Recent Developments at the Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration (CBFA)

1.1  CBFA – Report on Meeting of 12 May 2025 (_WT/BFA/226)

1.2  Update on Recent Developments at the CBFA – Statement by the Chairperson of the CBFA

2.     Waivers under Article IX of the WTO Agreement

2.1  United States – Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA as amended) – Request for a Waiver – Draft Decision (_G/C/W/870)

3.     Fourteenth Session of the Ministerial Conference – Administrative Matters

3.1  Attendance of Observers

3.2  Attendance of Non-Governmental Organizations

4.    Incorporation of the Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement into Annex 4 of the WTO Agreement – Draft Decision (_WT/GC/W/927/Rev.2)

For discussion

5.     Report by the Chairperson of the Trade Negotiations Committee and Report by the Director-General

6.     Follow-Up to Outcomes of Ministerial Conferences: MC13 (Abu Dhabi); MC12 (Geneva, co-hosted by Kazakhstan); MC11 (Buenos Aires); MC10 (Nairobi) and MC9 (Bali) – Statement by the Chairperson

6.1  WTO Reform – Report by the Facilitator

6.2  Work Programme on Electronic Commerce – Report by the Facilitator

7.     Work Programme on Small Economies – Report by the Chairperson of the Dedicated Session of the Committee on Trade and Development

8.     Heightened Trade Turbulence and Responses from the WTO – Communication from China (_WT/GC/272/Add.1)

9.    Respecting the Rules-Based Multilateral Trading System – Request from Brazil

For information

10.   WTO Smooth Transition Support Measures in Favour of Countries Graduated from the LDC Category Pursuant to Paragraph 3 (_WT/MIN(24)/34; _WT/L/1189) – Communication from Djibouti on behalf of the LDC Group (_WT/GC/W/967)

11.   Report on the Informal Gathering of WTO Ministers on 3 June 2025 – Request from Australia

12.   Member Conversations on Current Economic Issues – Request from Canada

13.   Follow-Up to the WTO Retreat on Sustainable Agriculture in the Multilateral Trading System – Request from Brazil

14.   Review of Waivers pursuant to Article IX:4 of the WTO Agreement

14.1        Canada – CARIBCAN, granted on 9 May 2023 until 31 December 2033 (_WT/L/1166; _WT/L/1219)

14.2        European Union – Application of Autonomous Preferential Treatment to the Western Balkans – Granted on 28 July 2021 until 31 December 2026 (_WT/L/1114; _WT/L/1218)

14.3        Least-Developed Country Members – Obligations under Article 70.8 and Article 70.9 of the TRIPS Agreement with respect to Pharmaceutical Products, granted on 30 November 2015 until 1 January 2033 (_WT/L/971)

14.4        Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement (_WT/MIN(22)/30 – _WT/L/1141)

15.   WTO Pension Plan

15.1        Report of the Independent External Auditor on the Audit of the Financial Statements of the World Trade Organization Pension Plan (WTOPP) for the Financial Year ended 31 December 2024 (_WT/BFA/W/724 – _WT/L/1217)

15.2        Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year ending 31 December 2024 (_WT/BFA/W/719 – _WT/L/1216)

16.    13th China Round Table on WTO Accessions – Draft Outcome Report (_WT/ACC/48 – _WT/GC/273) – Request from Oman

Other Business

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