World business and the multilateral trading system:policy recommendations for the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization

In our view, it will be essential for the success of this round to have agreement on all the parameters of the negotiation by the end of the Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to be held in Hong Kong, 13-18 December 2005.

ICC takes this opportunity to convey key business messages and policy recommendations to WTO members in advance of the Hong Kong Ministerial, building on the substance of the July 2004 agreements. World business as represented by ICC trusts that these recommendations will help to build consensus among WTO members regarding the key issues to be moved forward in Hong Kong. While ICC attaches great importance to all elements of the Doha Development Agenda and will continue to provide input on these as they progress, this statement focuses on those issues which ICC believes WTO members should advance as a priority in the lead-up to and at Hong Kong, and which include the following.