Preference Erosion in multilateral negotiations – the example of the European sugar sector


 

By Kerstin Lanje (Germanwatch) and Michael Brüntrup (DIE)

During the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong, Germanwatch and the German Development Institute (GDI, Bonn) invited representatives of the sugar industry, sugar growers, delegates of governments, ambassadors, scientists, representatives of NGOs from Brazil, Malawi, South Africa, Thailand, Zambia, Germany and France. They discussed the development effects of the recently agreed reform of the EU sugar market organisation, the different impacts on and interests of the developing countries as well as possible ways of compensating the losses of developing countries.

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Documentation of the discussion forum in Hong Kong on 14 December 2005

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