Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC)

Norway's statement at the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) and Heads of Delegations (HODs) meeting on 19th April 2023

Ambassador Petter Ølberg, Permanent Representative of Norway to the WTO and EFTA, delivered the following statement at the formal TNC Meeting and informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 19th April 2023:

Norway’s Statement at the Formal Trade Negotiating Committee (TNC) and Informal Heads of Delegations (HoDs) meeting 28 February 2023

Norway's statement at the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) and Heads of Delegations (HODs) meeting on 30th November 2022

Ambassador Petter Ølberg, Permanent Representative of Norway to the WTO and EFTA, delivered the following statement at the formal TNC Meeting and informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 30th November:

Norway's statement at the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) and Heads of Delegations (HODs) meeting on 30th September 2021

Ambassadør Dagfinn Sørli, Norway's Permanent Representative to the WTO and EFTA delivered the following statement at the Informal Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) and Heads of Delegations (HODs) meeting on 30th September:

Norway's Statement at the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) and Heads of Delegation (HODs) meeting on 23. July 2021

Ambassador Dagfinn Sørli, Norway's Permanent Representative to the WTO and EFTA, delivered the following statement at the informal Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) and Heads of Delegations (HODs) meeting on 23 July 2021:

Norway's statement at the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) and Heads of Delegations (HoDs) meetings 14 December 2020

Norway’s statement at the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) and Heads of Delegations (HoDs) meetings 6 December 2019

“We’re still standing”. By paraphrasing Elton John, Ambassador Dagfinn Sørli, Norway’s Permanent Representative to the WTO and EFTA, in his intervention at the informal Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) and Heads of Delegations (HoDs) meetings on 6 December 2019, underlined the view that despite the fact that the Appellate Body ceases to function as intended, this does not mean the end of the multilateral trading system. Norway’s statement in its entirety can be read below.

Norway’s statement at the informal Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) and Heads of Delegations (HoDs) meetings 19 July 2019

Ambassador Dagfinn Sørli, Norway’s Permanent Representative to the WTO and EFTA, in his intervention delivered at the informal Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) and Heads of Delegations (HoDs) meetings on 19 July 2019, regretted to once again stress that the most urgent issue facing the organization is the crisis affecting the dispute settlement function. The Norwegian statement in its entirety can be read below: