FREE TRADE AREA OF THE AMERICAS
FOURTH MEETING OF MINISTERS OF TRADE
MINISTERIAL DECLARATION
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
MARCH 19th, 1998

Annex II
Objective by Issue Area
Negotiating Group on Services

  • To establish disciplines to progressively liberalize trade in services, so as to permit the achievement of a hemispheric free trade area under conditions of certainty and transparency;

  • To ensure the integration of smaller economies into the FTAA process