CPD Working Paper 46
WTO General Council Decision of July 31, 2004
Interpreting from Bangladesh Perspective
The paper looks at the salient features of the July 31 Text. It identifies the departure from the Cancun Draft Text (Progression or Regression) from an LDC perspective, and put forward some suggestions as regards issues which Bangladesh could pursue in the course of future negotiations, particularly in the run-up to the Sixth Ministerial Meeting that was held in Hong Kong, at the end of 2005.
Contributors: Mustafizur Rahman and Ananya Raihan
Publication Period: January 2005