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FTAA.ngadcv/com/16
June 3, 2002
Original: Spanish
Translation: FTAA Secretariat
FTAA – NEGOTIATING GROUP ON SUBSIDIES, ANTIDUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTIES
Sixteenth Meeting
Panama, May 29 – 31, 2002
PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ
- The Sixteenth Meeting of the Negotiating Group
on Subsidies, Antidumping and Countervailing Duties (NGADCV) was held in Panama
from 29 to 31 May 2002. Representatives from the following 18 countries in the
hemisphere attended:
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Argentina |
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Guatemala |
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Bolivia |
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Mexico |
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Brazil |
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Panama |
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Canada |
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Paraguay |
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Chile |
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Peru |
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Colombia |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
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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 |
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)
- Identification of options for deepening disciplines on subsidies
- Draft of the consolidated text on subsidies, antidumping and countervailing
duties
Article 1- Antidumping and Countervailing Measures
Article 2- Subsidies
Article 1- General Provisions
Article 2- Determination of Dumping
Article 3- Determination of Injury
Article 4- Definition of Domestic Industry
Article 5- Initiation and Subsequent Investigation
Article 6- Evidence
- 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
- Structure of the NGADCV Report to the TNC
- Glossary
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