MNG22-1

• Familiarize participants with major trends in electronic commerce and ongoing work in the WTO both under the 1998 Work Programme and the Joint Statement Initiative negotiations;
• Inform participants on the recently adopted outcome on services domestic regulation in the Joint Initiative (SDR);
• Update participants on the ongoing negotiations in the Joint Initiative on Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD);
• Familiarize participants with the recommendations and declaration adopted in the context of the Informal Working Group on Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs);
• Brief participants about recent developments on the issue of trade and environment, including in the Trade and Environmental Sustainability Structured Discussions (TESSD) and the Informal Dialogue on Plastics Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade (IDP).