Foz do Iguaçu, 15 December 2010 - Minister Hector Timerman of Argentina and Ambassador Antonio Patriota, Secretary-General for External Relations of Brazil, met the press following the ministerial meeting of the GSTP Negotiating Committee that concluded the São Paulo Round of Negotiations. They were joined by Ambassador Alberto Dumont, Permanent Representative of Argentina to the Office of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland and Ambassador Roberto Azevedo, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the World Trade Organization in Geneva. Video 

Foz do Iguaçu, 15 December 2010 - Briefing by Ambassador Alberto Dumont, Permanent Representative of Argentina to the Office of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland and Ambassador Roberto Azevedo, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the World Trade Organization in Geneva after the preparatory meeting of GSTP Senior Officials. Video 

Geneva, 2 December 2009 - The Sao Paulo Round of GSTP negotiations, launched in 2004 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is poised to conclude by the end of 2010. In a special session of the GSTP Negotiating Committee, Ministers adopted a Decision on Modalities for exchanges of preferential tariff concessions that provides for at least 20 percent cut on applied MFN tariffs on at least 70 percent of national tariffs. The Decision also called for intensifying work on GSTP rules of origin. Mr. Jorge Taiana, Minister of Foreign Relations, International Trade and Worship of Argentina chaired the ministerial meeting.

Photos and video credits: Ministry of External Relations of Brazil.            See News Archive

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