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Original: English-Spanish FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE Twenty-Fourth Meeting
The Twenty-fourth Meeting of the Negotiating Group on Agriculture (NGAG)
took place in Puebla, Mexico from March 17-20, 2003. The following
delegations attended: Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Guyana, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and United
States.
FTAA – NEGOTIATING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE
1. Approval of the Agenda - Notification and counter-notification of SPS3. Export subsidies 4. Other practices that distort trade in agricultural products, including those which have an equivalent effect to agricultural export subsidies 5. Non-Tariff Measures 6. Market Access Issues 7. General Provisions to be included in the Chapter on Agriculture 8. Other Issues: - Draft Agenda for the next meeting TENTATIVE DISTRIBUTION OF TIME (Note: the distribution of time among the different agenda items is only notional and will be adjusted according to the progress made during the meeting) MONDAY 17*: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM 1. Approval of the Agenda 2. General Issues: - Notification and counter-notification of SPS3. Export Subsidies 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM Continuation: Export Subsidies TUESDAY 18*: 9:00 PM – 1:00 PM Continuation: Export Subsidies 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM 4. Other practices that distort trade in agricultural products, including those which have an equivalent effect to agricultural export subsidies WEDNESDAY 19*: Continuation: Other practices that distort trade in agricultural products, including those which have an equivalent effect to agricultural export subsidies THURSDAY 20*: 9:00 PM – 1:00 PM 5. Non-Tariff Measures 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM 6. Market Access Issues FRIDAY 21*: 9:00 PM – 1:00 PM Continuation: Market Access Issues 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM 7. General Provisions to be included in the Chapter on Agriculture 8. Other Issues: - Draft Agenda for the next meeting * Delegations will have the opportunity to discuss the exchange of tariff offers daily after the close of the plenary sessions. Delegations should submit their request of logistical needs as soon as possible to the Secretariat according to the method used during the previous meeting for this purpose. |
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