FREE TRADE AREA OF THE AMERICAS
FOURTH MEETING OF MINISTERS OF TRADE
MINISTERIAL DECLARATION

SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
MARCH 19th, 1998

Consultative Group on Smaller Economies

13. We have agreed to establish a Consultative Group on Smaller Economies, open to the participation of all the FTAA countries, and reporting to the TNC. For the first period, the Chair will be Jamaica with Guatemala serving as Vice-chair. Succession criteria will be the same as those applying to the negotiating groups. The Consultative Group will have the following functions: