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FTAA.nggp/com/17
June 28, 2002
Original: Spanish
Translation: FTAA Secretariat
FTAA – NEGOTIATING GROUP ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
Seventeenth Meeting
Panama, June 26 - 27, 2002
PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ
- The Seventeenth Meeting of the Negotiating Group on Government Procurement
was held in Panama from June 26-27, 2002. The following countries were in
attendance: Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras,
Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, United States,
Uruguay and Venezuela.
- The Agenda approved for discussion is attached as
Annex I.
- The meeting considered all of the items on the agenda.
FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
Seventeenth Meeting
Panama, June 26 – 28, 2002
AGENDA
- Approval of the agenda
- Report on the decisions made by the Trade Negotiations Committee on methods
and modalities for negotiations
- Negotiating Methods and Modalities FTAA.TNC/20
- Continuation of discussion on the document Guidelines, procedures, and
deadlines for negotiation of market access for government procurement
- Scope and detail of statistical information
- Technical assistance and differences in levels of development and size of
economies
- Discussion of the draft chapter
- Discussion of new text proposals for the fourth group of elements
- Other business
- Discussion on civil society contributions on government procurement
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