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FTAA.ngadcv/com/16
June 3, 2002

Original: Spanish
Translation: FTAA Secretariat

PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ

1. The Sixteenth Meeting of the Negotiating Group on Subsidies, Antidumping and Countervailing Duties (NGADCV) was held in Panama from 29 to 31 May 2002. Representatives from the following 18 countries in the hemisphere attended:  
   

   	Argentina		Guatemala
   	Bolivia		Mexico
   	Brazil		Panama
   	Canada		Paraguay
   	Chile		Peru
   	Colombia		Trinidad and Tobago
   	Costa Rica		Uruguay
   	Dominican Republic		United States
   	Ecuador		Venezuela

   
   

2. The meeting proceeded in accordance with the following agenda:
   
   
   1. Approval of the Agenda
      
      
   2. Topics of interest to the NGADCV from the Tenth Meeting of the Trade Negotiations Committee (Margarita Island, 24-26 April 2002, and Panama City, 12-13 May 2002)
      
      
   3. Identification of options for deepening disciplines on subsidies
      
      
   4. Draft of the consolidated text on subsidies, antidumping and countervailing duties
      

      Article 1- Antidumping and Countervailing Measures
      Article 2- Subsidies
      Article 1- General Provisions
      Article 2- Determination of Dumping
      Article 3- Determination of Injury
      Article 4- Definition of Domestic Industry
      Article 5- Initiation and Subsequent Investigation
      Article 6- Evidence
      

      
      
   5. Identification, based on the Study on the Interaction between Trade and Competition Policies, of relevant aspects that merit further consideration by the TNC
      
      
   6. Other business
      
      
      • Structure of the NGADCV Report to the TNC
         
      • Glossary