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June 14, 2002

Original: English-Spanish
Translation: non FTAA Secretariat

FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE

Eighteenth Meeting

Panama, June 10-14, 2002

PRESS COMMUNIQUE


The Eighteenth Meeting of the Negotiating Group on Agriculture (NGAG) took place from 10-14 June 2002 in Panama. The following delegations attended: Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

The NGAG agreed on the Agenda and covered all the items on it.

Seven submissions were received from Civil Society.

The next meeting of the FTAA Negotiating Group on Agriculture will be held in Panama from 22-26 July 2002.

The Agenda
of the meeting is attached.


FTAA – NEGOTIATING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE

Eighteenth Meeting

Panama, June 10-14, 2002

AGENDA

(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 June 10:

1) Approval of the Agenda

2) Instructions to the NGAG from the last TNC meeting

3) Organization of the work of the Group: work plan for 18th to 21st meetings

4) Methods for Determining Tariff Concessions

Tuesday June 11:

4.) Methods for Determining Tariff Concessions (continuation)

5) General Issues

i. Follow up of List of Tasks

ii. Notifications and counter-notifications of Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures

iii. Identification of non-tariff measures

iv. NGMA report of the last meeting
6) Text of the Chapter on Agriculture and Recommendations to Ministers:
i. Text of the Chapter - Section I: General Provisions

ii. Text of the Chapter - Section II: Market Access
Wednesday June 12:

7) Recommendations on the scope and methodology for eliminating export subsidies affecting trade in agricultural products in the Hemisphere (Instruction 2)

8) Text of the Chapter - Section III : Export Subsidies

Thursday June 13:

9) Recommendations on the types of measures and the methodology for the development of disciplines to be adopted for the treatment of all the other practices that distort trade in agricultural products, including those which have an equivalent effect to agricultural export subsidies. (Instruction 3)

10) Text of the Chapter - Section IV: Other Measures and Practices that Distort Trade in Agricultural Products

Friday June 14:

11) Coordination with NGMA and other FTAA entities

12) Other business

i. Hemispheric Database

ii. Summary Report from the Eighteenth meeting

iii. Agenda for the 19th meeting

iv. Other items
 
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