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on research capacity and training for analysis of WTO issues. Strategies should focus ondesired objectives and goals and identify ways of achieving them.Q v.Ans:Q vi.Ans:Q vii.Ans:Participants further noted that capacity for participation in trade negotiations in fieldoffices in Tanzanian Embassy, the solution lies in enhancing frequent links andcommunication with headquarters and pooling resources at the regional level e.g. EAC,SADC and LDCs etc.. Further suggested that Tanzania can improve her performance onnegotiation and implementation of international trade agreements if we build the cultureof reporting back on events in which Tanzania is represented to various stakeholders as away of ensuring more effective implementation.Finally, noted the existence of a serious misconception that all issues involved in theWTO agenda are difficult and require formal training for analysis through capacitybuilding. It is true that there are elements, such as the application of the various formulaethat are involved in tariff negotiations that require more formal training and capacitybuilding. However, in many areas, the requisite capacity can be achieved throughrigorous reading of the agreements and related literature that is available.Can JITAP or any other programme help in addressing the observed weaknesses of CSOson the trade agenda? From a different perspective, why should CSOs go for training soas to participate in negotiations within a system that is of little benefit to developingcountries. Who is training who and for what purpose?The Country Manager for the Tanzania Trade and Poverty Programme (TTPP) explainedthat TTPP, supported by DFID, is a three year programme whose implementation startedin April 2003 and it has resources to address some of the capacity building needs ofCSOs as well as the overall private sector. The Offices of the Country Manager arelocated within the offices of Ernst & Young at Utalii House.It is known that the primary problem in the LDCs is poverty. Why should LDCs engagein negotiations to address a problem, which they already know as not basic ones? Also,even if they must negotiate, the Government should team up with the private sector andCSOs to build a solid team that can ensure the achievement of our objectives as a Nation.In addition, is it possible for our agenda to include issue of the worsening terms of tradeand treat these as part of the negotiations in the WTO?With respect to those who contemplate withdrawal from the WTO system, the counterquestion is what alternatives are there. If countries like Tanzania are alreadyexperiencing serious problems in negotiating with the major economic power blocks i.e.US, EU and Japan but do manage to secure concessions after a hard struggle, is itpossible for individual countries like Tanzania to do better in lone negotiations. TheWTO system is a necessity and the issue is not withdrawing from it but how torestructure it to serve better and more equitably the interests of all nations, includingthose of the developing countries.The representative from TPRI reported that new SPS requirements and standards in theEU on Minimum Residual Levels (MRL) are imposing a formidable challenge to exportsof horticultural products and food products. The new requirements include rigorousprocedures for verification and certification including 100% checks while there is little orno capacity for undertaking this in terms of equipment and technical staff. Problem of100% check up and problems of capacity building to handle this. There is need toconsider how to build capacity to address these emerging concerns on an urgent basis andTPRI needs support in this area. Further, the issue of building capacity to conform tostandards based on traceability of food products “from the farm to the table” and itsimplications on the budding horticultural sector was noted and ways would have to befound to address the underlying capacity concerns."Deliberations on WTO Pre-Cancun Sensatization Workshop" 15
TBS noted that the issue of capacity building on SPS standards should be addressedsimultaneously with that of the status of accreditation. Tanzania should address the issueof the accreditation status of its testing and certification facilities on SPS standards forproducts of priority consideration.viii.With respect to the concerns raised by TPRI and TANEXA, it was noted that traderelated technical assistance for LDCs includes provision for capacity building support inmeeting new SPS and TBTs standards conformity requirements.TANEXA reported that they are implementing initiatives to kick-start exports ofhorticultural produce that include ongoing participation in the Rostoc Trade Fair and thatthe problems on capacity to comply with new SPS standards could spell the prematuredoom of the emerging sector. It is important that a solution to the problem raised byTPRI is found and applied as a matter or urgency.Representatives from MIT informed participants of trade related technical assistance(TRTA) supported initiatives to address the issue of standards including programmessuch as DANIDA’s Market Access Programme which includes a sub-component onlaboratory accreditation, and other initiatives by USAID and Sida targeting to identifyareas of potential intervention. A more daunting element is finding an appropriate andadequate response to the issue of product traceability if Tanzania is to take advantage ofthe potential of product diversification oriented towards food crops.CHAPTER III4.0 PRESENTATIONS ON SELECT WTO AGREEMENTS4.1 “TRADE IN SERVICES: LEGAL ISSUES AND AGREEMENTS” IMPLICATIONS FORLDCS DEVELOPMENTThe paper was presented in four major sections:• Definition, scope and coverage• Role of services in the economy• The Development dimension• The Way forward4.1.1 The Concept of ServicesServices are defined from two perspectives. On one hand there is the sectoral approach which includessub-sectors such as:• Engineering, environmental and management consulting,• Financial services,• Information technology,• Telecommunications,• Tourism services etc.On the other hand, there is the approach based on mode of delivery of which the WTO identifies themunder four categories namely:-.:• Cross-border services: where a service crosses a national frontier• Services consumed abroad: when the consumer travels to the territory service supplier: Touristsfor both Kenya and Tanzania respectively• Services provided through commercial presence in the destination market: inform of FDI e.g.foreign bank establishes a branch or subsidiary in the territory of a country."Deliberations on WTO Pre-Cancun Sensatization Workshop" 16
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