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FTAA.ngadcv/com/15
March 25, 2002
Original: English – Spanish
Translation: non FTAA Secretariat
FTAA – NEGOTIATING GROUP ON SUBSIDIES, ANTIDUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTIES
Fifteenth Meeting
Panama, March 13-15, 2002
PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ
- The Fifteenth Meeting of the Negotiating Group
on Subsidies, Antidumping and Countervailing Duties (NGADCV) was held in Panama
from March 13-15, 2002. Representatives of 20 countries of the Hemisphere were
in attendance:
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Argentina |
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El Salvador |
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Bahamas |
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Guatemala |
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Bolivia |
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Haiti |
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Brazil |
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Jamaica |
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Canada |
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Mexico |
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Chile |
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Panama |
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Colombia |
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Peru |
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Costa Rica |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
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Dominican Republic |
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United States |
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Ecuador |
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Venezuela |
The deliberations took place according to the following agenda:
- Approval of the Agenda
- Identification, based on the Study on the Interaction Between Trade and
Competition Policies, of any areas that may merit further consideration by the
TNC
- Draft consolidated text on Subsidies, Antidumping and Countervailing Duties
- Identification of options for deepening disciplines on subsidies
- Report of the NGADCV to the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC)
- Other business
- Letter from the Chair of the Consultative Group on Smaller Economies to the Chair of the NGADCV
- Future Work Programme
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