FREE TRADE AREA OF THE AMERICAS
FOURTH MEETING OF MINISTERS OF TRADE
MINISTERIAL DECLARATION
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
MARCH 19th, 1998

 ANNEX II
OBJECTIVES BY ISSUE AREA

NEGOTIATING GROUP ON SUBSIDIES, ANTIDUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES

  • To examine ways to deepen, if appropriate, existing disciplines provided in the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures and enhance compliance with the terms of the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures.

  • To achieve a common understanding with a view to improving, where possible, the rules and procedures regarding the operation and application of trade remedy laws in order to not create unjustified barriers to trade in the Hemisphere.