High-Level Brainstorming Meeting for African Trade Negotiators and Officials
25 – 26 November, Tunis, Tunisia.

Tunis MeetingBrainstorming Meeting Adopts Communiqué Committing Africa to Serious Negotiations
By Andrew Allimadi, 01 December 2004

:: Final Communiqué
:: Media coverage
- French newspapers: La Presse de Tunisie (1, 2, 3), Le Renouveau
- Arabic newspapers: Part I, Part II, Part III
- English newspaper: Financial Times

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:: High-Level Brainstorming Meeting Opens in Tunisia
Speeches and Presentations
- Africa and Trade Facilitation? Where And Where To.
By Ilham Idrissi Bichr ( Morocco), Focal point of trade facilitation, WTO African Group.
- Special & Differential Treatment and the Doha Development Agenda
- The WTO July Package and Africa
By Dr. Cornelius Mwalwanda, Dr. Cornelius T. Mwalwanda Principal Advisor, ECA Geneva Interregional Advisory Services
- Opening statement by Mr. K.Y. Amoako,
Executive Secretary of ECA, 25 November 2004.
Press Release
- African Trade Experts Aim to Revitalise World Trade Talks
ECA Press Release 31/2004, 24 Nov. 2004.
Information
- Aide-Memoire and Programme of Work PDF format
Expert Group Meeting on Market Access
22 – 23 November, Tunis, Tunisia
Expert Group Meeting
Press Release
- African Trade Experts Aim to Revitalise World Trade Talks
ECA Press Release 31/2004, 24 Nov. 2004.
Speeches and Presentations
- Preferences: Do they matter and How they will be affected by WTO negotiations?Powerpoint format
By David Laborde (CEPII) laborde@cepii.fr
- Does Africa need Trade Preferences? Powerpoint format
Andrew Mold, Economic Commission for Africa
- L’accés au marché dans les services Powerpoint format
Par Abdoulaye Ndiaye Chercheur ILEAP/JEICP
- Services trade negotiations and development gains Powerpoint format
UNCTAD
- Market Access Negotiations: Issues for sub-Saharan Africa Powerpoint format
By Gunnela Becker, UNDP
- Opportunities and Challenges in WTO Non-Agricultural Market Access Negotiations Powerpoint format
By Sam Laird Trade Analysis Branch, DITC UNCTAD
- What would be the impact of tariff reductions on those countries benefiting from preferential access? Powerpoint format
By Lionel Fontagné - Sébastien Jean (CEPII)
- Agriculture Powerpoint format
By Ralf Peters Division on International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities UNCTAD, Geneva
- Formula approaches to tariff negotiations Powerpoint format
- Impact of the July Package on Africa in Agriculture Powerpoint format
- The utilisation rate of preferences in the EU Powerpoint format
By Fabien CANDAU (U. de Pau, U. College Dublin, and CEPII) Lionel FONTAGNE (CEPII) Sébastien JEAN (CEPII)
- Opening statement of Mr. Hakim Ben Hammouda (in French and MS Word format) HTML version will be available shortly.
Documents
- Trick or Treat? Development opportunities and challenges in the WTO negotiations on industrial tariffs PDF format
By Santiago Fernandez de Córdoba, Sam Laird and David Vanzetti
- The utilisation rate of preferences in the EU PDF format
By Fabien CANDAU (U. de Pau, U. College Dublin, and CEPII) Lionel FONTAGNE (CEPII) Sébastien JEAN (CEPII)
- Blend it like Beckham — Trying to read the ball in the WTO negotiations on industrial tariffs PDF format
By Santiago Fernandez de Córdoba, Sam Laird and David Vanzetti
- Trade Preferences and Africa – The State of Play and the Issues at Stake, November 2004 PDF format
Information
- African trade negotiators strategize on kick-starting the Doha Round of WTO talks
- Aide-Memoire PDF format