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Ambassador Eduardo Pérez Motta (Mexico)
United States of America
Adoption of the Agenda
9. The representative of the United States said that the differential treatment of those implementations issues that overlapped with the items which were part of the Council's regular work was reflected in paragraph 19 of the Doha Declaration. These items were on the proposed agenda by virtue of paragraph 19, not because they were implementation issues. There were some overlaps with implementation proposals in document JOB(02)/152, but, given the statement by the TNC Chair, these implementation proposals should not be put on the agenda. However, her delegation had always maintained, even in the TNC, that it was very flexible. On some issues there should be continued work in the relevant bodies. Her delegation would at this stage accept that appropriate action be taken by the TNC to the effect that discussions on the implementation proposal on GI extension be continued in the TRIPS Council. Members were in the hands of the TNC Chair to see what that appropriate action would be, not only on this issue but on all of the other implementation issues before the TRIPS Council and other bodies. She was willing to go along with the Chair's approach without prejudice to what the appropriate action might be in the TNC. At the present stage, the TNC was not in a position to engage in substance until a consensus could be found on what the approach would be.
IP/C/M/39