d they are likely to approve some new members.
There are altogether 19 subjects in the Doha work program, including implementation-related issues and concerns; agriculture; services; market access for non-agricultural products; trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS); relationship between trade and investment; interaction between trade and competition policy; trade facilitation; transparency in government procurement; WTO rules: antidumping, subsidies and regional trade agreements; disputes settlement understanding; trade and environment; electronic commerce; small economies; trade debt and finance, trade and transfer of technology, technical cooperation and capacity building, least-developed countries and special and differential treatment. All the negotiations are to end by 1 January 2005, if not before.
As the highest decision-making body of the WTO, the ministerial conference is conducted between representatives from each member nation with th
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