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FTAA.ngadcv/com/10
May 24, 2001

Original: Spanish
Translation: FTAA Secretariat

PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ 

1. The Tenth Meeting of the Negotiating Group on Subsidies, Antidumping and Countervailing Duties (NGADCV) was held in Panama from May 23 – 24, 2001. Representatives of 22 countries of the Hemisphere were in attendance.
    

   	Argentina		Guatemala
   	Bahamas		Honduras
   	Bolivia		Mexico
   	Brasil		Nicaragua
   	Canada		Panama
   	Chile		Paraguay
   	Colombia		Peru
   	Costa Rica		Trinidad and Tobago
   	Dominican Republic		United States
   	Ecuador		Uruguay
   	El Salvador		Venezuela

   
   
2. The deliberations followed the agenda below:
    
   • Mandate from the Buenos Aires Ministerial Meeting
     
     
   • Work Plan and schedule
     
     
   • Other business
    
    
3. The next meeting of the Negotiating Group on Subsidies, Antidumping and Countervailing Duties will take place from July 9–11, 2001.