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FTAA.ngcp/com/17
July 12, 2002
Original: Spanish
Translation: FTAA Secretariat
FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON COMPETITION POLICY
Seventeenth Meeting
Panama, July 11-12, 2002
PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ
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The Seventeenth Meeting of the Negotiating Group on Competition Policy (NGCP)
was held in Panama from 11 to 12 July 2002. In attendance were representatives
from the following 23 countries in the hemisphere:
Argentina | |
Haiti |
Bahamas | |
Jamaica |
Bolivia | |
Mexico |
Brazil | |
Panama |
Canada | |
Paraguay |
Chile | |
Peru |
Colombia | |
St. Kitts & Nevis |
Costa Rica | |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Dominican Republic | |
United States |
Ecuador | |
Uruguay |
El Salvador | |
Venezuela |
Guatemala | |
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The deliberations took place in accordance with the approved agenda. The
following is a list of some of the items that were discussed:
- Open exchange of ideas on the general issues and aspects associated with the
Draft Chapter on Competition Policy
- Review of the terms of reference and bibliography presented by the Tripartite
Committee, for a subsequent study on Special and Differential Treatment.
- Time was set aside to review the civil society contributions that the
delegations believed the Group should evaluate.
- The Group drafted a Work Plan to take them through to July 2003; it will be
submitted to the TNC for consideration.
- Review of the Report to the TNC on the work carried out by the Group from May
2001 to July 2002 on all the mandates set out in the Buenos Aires Ministerial
Declaration. The Group will attach to the Report the draft of the Chapter on
Competition Policy, which reflects their concerted efforts to eliminate
increasingly greater numbers of brackets.
FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON COMPETITION POLICY Seventeenth
Meeting
Panama City, July 11-12, 2002
AGENDA
- Discussion and exchange of ideas on the various issues associated with the
draft Chapter on Competition Policy
- Review of relevant issues that merit further consideration by the Trade
Negotiations Committee, based on the Antidumping and Regional Trade Agreements
Study
- Review of the bibliography and the terms of reference for the study on
special and differential treatment in trade and competition policy, drafted by
the Tripartite Committee
- Discussion of the civil society contributions that the delegations believe
should be evaluated
- Formulation of a 2002-2003 work program for the NGCP
- Review of the Report from the Negotiating Group on Competition Policy to the
Trade Negotiations Committee
- Other business
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