CTE negotiators discuss way forward on identifying environmental goods
02 Mar '06
5 min read
India, on behalf of a group of ten developing countries including Argentina, Brazil, China, Egypt, Mexico and South Africa, rejected that suggestion.
Instead, it proposed that Members apply only the criteria of single environmental end-use to products in the categories of renewable energy and air pollution control, and to examine cross-cutting issues such as special and differential treatment, related non-tariff barriers and technology transfer at the same time.
The US expressed opposition to proceeding in such a manner, indicating that it would prefer to proceed quickly to the consideration of multiple use products, and to discuss other issues later.
Cuba also raised some doubts about the practicality of applying the parameters first for single-use renewable energy and air pollution control products, and then restarting the whole exercise for multiple use products in the same categories.
As a result of these disagreements and the existence of the two sets of parameters for evaluating products, the procedure to be adopted at the next meeting remained somewhat ambiguous.
The chair emphasised, however, that all proposals related to products within the categories of air pollution control and renewable energy tabled prior to the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference would be discussed.
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