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The Seventh WTO Ministerial Conference

The Seventh WTO Ministerial Conference (MC7) was held in Geneva, Switzerland from 30 November to 2 December 2009. It was a low-key regular ministerial meeting with the theme "The WTO, the Multilateral Trading System and the Current Global Economic Environment". While the MC7 was not a Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiating session, Ministers had a fruitful discussion on the operation of the multilateral trading system, and considered how the WTO could make further contribution to global recovery, growth and development. Ministers also reaffirmed the need to conclude the Round in 2010 and for a stock-taking exercise to take place in the first quarter of 2010.