Japan's Basic Position on the WTO Negotiations for Forestry and Fishery Products (April 11, 2001)

Japan's Approach concerning the framework for negotiations.

When forestry and fishery products are addressed at the WTO new round, a framework for negotiations should be ensured allowing discussions to take full account of global environmental issues and sustainable utilization of exhaustible natural resources.

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Background Information

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WTO
Hakan Nordstrom & Scott Vaughan
Special Studies 4, Trade and Environment
1999/10
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Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund Our Forests at Risk: The World Trade Organization's Threat to Forest Protection
1999/09
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World Resource Institute Tree Trade: Liberalization of International Commerce in Forest Product: Risks and Opportunities
1999/11
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US Trade Representative Accelerated Tariff Liberalization in the Forest Products Specter: A Study of the Economic and Environmental effects
1999/11
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Japanese Government Preparations for the 1999 Ministerial Conference Negotiations on Forestry and Fishery products Communication from Japan
1999

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Japan's Basic Position on the WTO Negotiations for Forestry and Fishery Products
2001/4
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APEC NZ Forest Research Institute Study of Non-Tariff Measures in the Forest Products Sector
1999
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