| 日期： | 2021/12/10 |
|---|---|
| 作者： | The Coordinator |
| 文件編號： | INF/IFD/R/29 |
| 附件下載： | INFIFDR29.pdf |
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WTO Structured Discussions on
_Investment Facilitation for Development
Negotiating
Meeting held on 24 NOVEMBER 2021
Summary of
discussions by the Coordinator[1]
An open-ended negotiating meeting of the Structured Discussions on
Investment Facilitation for Development, coordinated by Ambassador Mathias
Francke (Chile), was held on 24 November 2021. As indicated in the convening
notice circulated to all WTO Members on 19 November, the objectives of the
meeting were to:
(a) introduce the 'Easter Text (Rev.4)'[2]
and discuss how participating Members wished to present the following sections
and provision in the text for Ministers at MC12: sections III BIS on 'Movement
of Business Persons for Investment Purposes' (MBP), III TER on 'Transfers
and Payments', IV BIS on 'Supplier-Development Programmes', IV TER
on 'Home State Obligations', and paragraph 2 regarding 'non-violation
complaints' of provision 35 on 'Dispute Settlement' in Section VII on 'Institutional
Arrangements and Final Provisions';
(b) update participants on the latest developments regarding the
arrangements for the ministerial meeting on IFD at the Twelfth WTO Ministerial
Conference (MC12); and
(c) present the proposed schedule of meetings for the first half of
2022.
The Coordinator also updated participating Members on the
co-sponsoring process of the Joint Ministerial Statement on IFD. Finally, a participant
introduced its recently submitted revised text proposal on 'Transfers and Payments'
under Section III TER.
