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November 15, 2002


Original: Spanish
Translation: FTAA Secretariat

FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON COMPETITION POLICY

Eighteenth Meeting

Panama, November 13 – 15, 2002

PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ

  1. The Eighteenth Meeting of the Negotiating Group on Competition Policy (NGCP) was held in Panama from 13 to 15 November 2002. In attendance were representatives from the following 18 countries of the Hemisphere:   

    Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

  2. The deliberations took place in accordance with the approved agenda. The following is a list of some of the items that were discussed:

    • Consideration of the mandates of the Quito Ministerial Declaration

    • Definition of the schedule of meetings

    • Drafting of the NGCP Work Program up to the Twenty-Second meeting

    • As agreed at the previous meeting, progress was made in reaching consensus on as many issues in the Draft Chapter on Competition Policy as possible.


FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON COMPETITION POLICY

Eighteenth Meeting

Panama City, 13-15 November, 2002

AGENDA

  1. Consideration of the mandates of the Quito Ministerial Declaration

  2. Further planning of the schedule of meetings

  3. Discussion of the proposed Work Program

  4. Work aimed to achieve consensus on the greatest possible number of issues from Articles 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 3.1, 2.7, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, and 2.6 of the Draft Chapter on Competition Policy, pursuant to the terms agreed in the Summary Report from the Chair on the Seventeenth Meeting.

  5. Other business
 
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