Chapter One – Overview

Introduction  2

Trade developments  3

The Doha Development Agenda  3

The Fifth Ministerial Conference  5

WTO regular activity  6

Chapter Two – WTO activities

PART I  10

The Ministerial Conference  10

The Doha Development Agenda (DDA)  12

WTO accession negotiations  35

Work of the General Council  35

Trade in goods  37

Trade in services  48

Trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS)  49

Resolution of trade conflicts under the WTO's Dispute Settlement Understanding  49

Trade Policy Review Mechanism  67

Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions  68

Committee on Regional Trade Agreements  68

Committee on Trade and Development  70

Committee on Trade and Environment  74

Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration  74

Plurilateral Agreements  74

PART II  75

Cooperation with other international organizations and relations with civil society  75

Public information activities  83

Annex I – Trade Policy Review Body – Concluding remarks by the Chair of the Trade Policy Review Body  84

Annex II – WTO publications  99

Chapter Three – Organization, Secretariat and budget

The organization  116

Secretariat  118

WTO Secretariat: Divisions  121

WTO budget 2004  126

Main active extra-budgetary funds donated for technical cooperation and training activities  131