Informal caucuses within the WTO: Singapore in the “invisibles group”

The following sections are included: - Introduction - The Invisibles Group - Origins of the Invisibles Group - The 1995 Inaugural Meeting - Five Meetings Before the Singapore Ministerial Conference - What these Meetings Achieved - Opportunity Lost and the Proliferation of Free Trade Agreement...

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Main Author: Desker, Barry
Other Authors: C. L. Lim
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: World Scientific Publishing 2022
Subjects:
WTO
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/158409
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:The following sections are included: - Introduction - The Invisibles Group - Origins of the Invisibles Group - The 1995 Inaugural Meeting - Five Meetings Before the Singapore Ministerial Conference - What these Meetings Achieved - Opportunity Lost and the Proliferation of Free Trade Agreements - Singapore's Inclusion in Key Informal Groupings - Ensuring a Central Role for the WTO Director-General - Influence of the Quads and the Absence of a Developing Country Agenda - Accomplishing the Information Technology Agreement - The Second WTO Ministerial Conference - The Issue of NGO Participation - End of the Invisibles - Conclusion