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FTAA.ngcp/com/18
November 15, 2002
Original: Spanish
Translation: FTAA Secretariat
FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON COMPETITION POLICY
Eighteenth Meeting
Panama, November 13 – 15, 2002
PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ
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The Eighteenth Meeting of the Negotiating Group on Competition Policy (NGCP) was
held in Panama from 13 to 15 November 2002. In attendance were representatives
from the following 18 countries of the Hemisphere:
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and
Tobago, United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
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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:
- Consideration of the mandates of the Quito Ministerial Declaration
- Definition of the schedule of meetings
- Drafting of the NGCP Work Program up to the Twenty-Second meeting
- As agreed at the previous meeting, progress was made in reaching consensus
on as many issues in the Draft Chapter on Competition Policy as possible.
FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON COMPETITION POLICY Eighteenth
Meeting
Panama City, 13-15 November, 2002
AGENDA
- Consideration of the mandates of the Quito Ministerial Declaration
- Further planning of the schedule of meetings
- Discussion of the proposed Work Program
- Work aimed to achieve consensus on the greatest possible number of issues
from Articles 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 3.1, 2.7, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, and 2.6 of the Draft
Chapter on Competition Policy, pursuant to the terms agreed in the Summary
Report from the Chair on the Seventeenth Meeting.
- Other business
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