The issues on which it was agreed to form working groups at the Singapore Ministerial: trade and investment, competition policy, transparency in government procurement, and trade facilitation.
The four issues on which it was agreed at the 1996 WTO Singapore Ministerial Conference to form working groups: trade and investment, competition policy, transparency in government procurement and trade facilitation
Four issues that the EU has been pushing to be included within the mandate of the WTO since the Singapore Ministerial Conference in 1996. The four issues are: investment; competition policy; transparency in government procurement and trade facilitation. The majority of developing countries, including the Least Developed Country (LDC) group, the African Union, and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group, have repeatedly stated their opposition to agreements on such issues in the WTO.
Four issues were introduced to the WTO agenda at the December 1996 Ministerial Conference in Singapore: trade and investment, trade and competition policy, transparency in government procurement, and trade facilitation.
Refers to working groups established at the 1996 WTO Ministerial Conference in Singapore, and includes trade and competition, trade and investment, and transparency in government procurement.
The "Singapore issues" refers to four working groups set up during the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1996 in Singapore, namely investment protection, competition policy, transparency in government procurement and trade facilitation. Disagreements between largely developed and developing economies prevented a resolution in these issues, despite repeated attempts to revisit them, notably during the 2003 Ministerial Conference in Cancún, Mexico, whereby no progress was made.