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Mr. Martin Glass (Hong Kong, China)
16. The representative from Switzerland said that, in light of India's remarks, considering that agenda item M had been proposed by two delegations, and taking into account that it was the tradition in the WTO not to refuse agenda items proposed by one or more delegations, his delegation could accept the agenda in the spirit of compromise as long as this did not imply Switzerland's acceptance of any of the two agenda items, L and M, as permanent agenda items, and particularly with regard to item M, it did not imply its consent to discuss yet unknown issues. His delegation would only decide whether to engage in this discussion once more information was available on the topic.
IP/C/M/63