PROPOSED AGENDA

For Action / decision

1.     Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration (CBFA) – Reports on Meetings of 24 June and 17 July 2025 (WT/BFA/227; WT/BFA/228), and update on more recent developments – Statement by the Chairperson of the CBFA

2.     Incorporation of the Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement into Annex 4 of the WTO Agreement – Draft Decision (WT/GC/W/927/Rev.3)

For discussion

3.     Report by the Chairperson of the Trade Negotiations Committee and Report by the Director‑General

4.     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

4.1.    WTO Reform – Report by the Facilitator

4.2.    Work Programme on Electronic Commerce – Report by the Facilitator

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

6.     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) – Request from the Gambia on behalf of the LDC Group

7.     Rethinking the Rules-Based Multilateral Trading System – Request from Brazil

8.     Heightened Trade Turbulence and Responses from the WTO – Request from China

For information

9.     Briefing on the First Ever Global SME Ministerial Meeting held in Johannesburg from 22‑24 July 2025 – Request from South Africa

10.   Member Conversations on Current Economic Issues – Request from the European Union and Mexico

11.   Report on the UK's Wilton Park Conference on WTO Reform on the 1-3 October 2025 – Request from the United Kingdom

12.   Dialogue on Sustainable Agriculture in the Multilateral Trading System – Request from Brazil

13.   China's Position Paper Regarding Special and Differential Treatment in the WTO – Communication from China (WT/GC/274)

14.   Incorporation of the Agreement on Electronic Commerce into Annex 4 of the WTO Agreement – Request from the Members parties to the Agreement on Electronic Commerce

15.   Awaza Program of Action for LLDCs – Communication from Mongolia on behalf of the LLDCs (WT/GC/275)

16.   Trade-related Takeaways from the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) – Request from Japan

Other Business

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