As the issues of globalization and regional integration gain more attention since the establishment of the World Trade Organization and trade related negotiations that followed, regional organizations, governments and business communities are becoming more aware of the opportunities and challenges these issues present.
In the aim to increase the awareness of the Arab business community on the latest developments concerning the World Trade Organization’s negotiations and their respective implications, the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia and the General Union of Chambers of Commerce Industry and Agriculture, and in collaboration with the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry, are organizing the third “Forum on Arab Business Community and the WTO Agreements”. The Forum will be held at UN House, in Beirut, Lebanon, during the period July 2007.
The Forum will concentrate its deliberations on the progress achieved in the on-going trade negotiations on “The Doha Development Agenda” , addressing the “July 2004 Package”, as well as the results of the Sixth World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference that was held in Hong Kong , China during 13-18 December 2005.
During the two day discussions and deliberations, the forum aims to provide a platform for representatives of the Arab business community to discuss issues relating to trade liberalization, emerging international trade system, regional economic integration in the context the Greater Arab Free Trade Area and Agreements of the World Trade Organization. They will also deliberate on the role of the Arab private sector in economic integration and development.
