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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
- 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:
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Argentina |
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Mexico |
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Bolivia |
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Panama |
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Brazil |
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Paraguay |
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Canada |
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Peru |
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Chile |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
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Colombia |
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St Kitts &
Nevis |
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Costa Rica |
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Uruguay |
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Dominican Republic |
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United States |
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Ecuador |
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Venezuela |
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El Salvador |
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The meeting proceeded in accordance with the following agenda:
- Approval of the agenda
- 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
- Identification of options for deepening disciplines on subsidies
- 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
- Identification, based on the Study on the Interaction between Trade and
Competition Policies, of relevant aspects that merit further consideration by
the TNC
- 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
- Report to the TNC
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