Official Documents

• December 7, 2005 Draft Ministerial Text

• Questions for Ministers

• July 31, 2004 General Council Draft Text (The July 2004 Framework)

Policy Briefs

• Agriculture

• U.S. Proposal

• U.S. Proposal for Bold Reform in Global Agriculture Trade

• Implications of U.S. WTO Proposal on Trade-Distorting Domestic Support

• “America’s Proposal to Kick-Start the Global Trade Talks” – Oct. 10, 2005 Op-ed by USTR Rob Portman in the Financial Times

• October 10, 2005 Press Release on U.S. Agriculture Proposal

• Support for U.S. Proposal

• Religious Leaders, NGOs and Civil Society Support U.S. Agriculture Proposa

• American Agriculture Supports U.S. Agriculture Proposal

• Broad American Business Supports U.S. Agriculture Proposal

• APEC Leaders: We Want Ambition

• Special Issues

• Flexibility in Food Aid Critical to Addressing World Hunger

• The United States Has Acted to Help Africa on Cotton

• Development

• Expanding Markets to Promote Development and Growth

• Economic Consensus: Expanding Trade Reduces Poverty

• U.S. is World’s Most Open Economy

• Participation, Empowerment, Partnership: Seeking Sustainable Results Through U.S. Trade Capacity Building

• Building Capacity in the Developing World: A Sustained Commitment to Aid for Trade

• U.S. Leadership on Helping Developing Countries Realize Benefits of Doha Round

• Non-Agricultural Market Access (NAMA)

• Liberalizing Market Access for Goods to Promote Growth

• Services

• U.S. Seeks to Expand Trade in Services

• Opening Services Markets for Development

• Temporary Entry of Service Suppliers (Mode 4)

• Intellectual Property Rights

• United States Leadership in Providing Access to Medicines

• Contract-Based Systems Provide Better Protection for Biological Diversity

• Protecting Geographical Indications for Wine and Spirits

• Rules and Trade Facilitation

• WTO Trade Facilitation Negotiations: Win-Win for Development & U.S. Businesses Large and Small

• Effective Trade Remedies Critical to Fair Trade

• Environment

• U.S. Leadership on Environmental Protection at the WTO