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FTAA.ngag/com/13/Rev.1
August 31, 2001

Original: English-Spanish

FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE

Thirteenth Meeting

Panama, August 27-31, 2001

PRESS COMMUNIQUE

The Thirteenth Meeting of the Negotiating Group on Agriculture (NGAG) took place from 27-31 July 2001 in Panama. The following delegations attended: Argentina, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay and Venezuela.

The NGAG agreed on the Agenda and covered all the items on it.

The next meeting of the FTAA Negotiating Group on Agriculture will be held in Panama and the tentative schedule is from 15-19 October 2001.

The Agenda of the meeting is attached.

FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE

Thirteenth Meeting

Panama, August 27-31, 2001

AGENDA

  1. Approval of the agenda

  2. Report from the Chair of the Negotiating Group on Market Access

  3. Relationship to other Groups

  4. Actions regarding List of Tasks

  5. Hemispheric Data Base

  6. Discussion on the Form for Notifications and Counternotifications of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

  7. Review and discussion of the working documents sent by the Chair

    7.1 Draft recommendations on mechanisms to facilitate the full implementation in the Hemisphere of the WTO SPS Agreement.

    7.2 Draft text Section Five

    7.3 Draft text on Recommendations on methods and modalities for tariff negotiations

    7.4 Draft text Section Two
  8. Other business
 
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