Workgroup on Government Measures

At the 60th Plenary Meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee held in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, in September 2001, the Committee agreed to the establishment of a Working Group under the direction of the Chair of the Standing Committee with the mission of identifying effective strategies to reduce and eventually eliminate the negative effects on trade caused by direct government assistance to cotton production and trade.

The Working Group will report on progress made by countries on the reduction and eventual elimination of such trade distorting practices prior to the 61st Plenary Meeting in 2002.