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FTAA.ngadcv/com/17
August 9, 2002


Original: Spanish

FTAA – NEGOTIATING GROUP ON SUBSIDIES, ANTIDUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTIES

Seventeenth Meeting

Panama, August 6 - 8, 2002

PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ 

  1. The seventeenth meeting of the Negotiating Group on Subsidies, Antidumping and Countervailing Duties (NGADCV) was held in Panama from 6-8 August 2002. Representatives from the following 19 countries in the hemisphere attended:   

      Argentina   Mexico
      Bolivia      Panama
      Brazil Paraguay
      Canada Peru
      Chile Trinidad and Tobago
      Colombia St Kitts & Nevis
      Costa Rica Uruguay
      Dominican Republic United States
      Ecuador Venezuela
      El Salvador  


  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) – Presentation of the new version of the Report from the Chair

    3. Identification of options for deepening disciplines on subsidies

    4. Draft consolidated text on subsidies, antidumping and countervailing duties
      Article 7- Provisional Measures
      Article 8- Undertakings
      Article 9- Imposition and Collection of Duties/Procedure for a New Exporter
      Article 10- Duration and Review of Definitive Duties and Undertakings
      Article 11- Public Notice and Explanation of Determinations
      Article 12- Developing Countries
      Article 13- Joint Committee
      Article 14- Consultation and Dispute Settlement
      Article 15 – Public Interest
      Article 16 – Elimination of Antidumping Measures
      Article 17 – Final Provisions
       
    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

      • Legal nature of the draft consolidated text on subsidies, antidumping and countervailing duties

      • Letter from the Chair of the Consultative Group on Smaller Economies
         
    7. Report to the TNC

 
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