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March 27, 2002


Original: Spanish
Translation: FTAA Secretariat


FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON COMPETITION POLICY

Sixteenth Meeting

Panama, March 25-27, 2002


PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ

 

  1. The Sixteenth Meeting of the Negotiating Group on Competition Policy (NGCP) was held in Panama on March 25-27, 2002. Representatives of 21 countries of the Hemisphere were in attendance: 
     

    Argentina

      

    Guatemala

    Bahamas

      

    Jamaica

    Bolivia

      

    México

    Brazil

      

    Panamá

    Canada

       Paraguay

    Chile

     

    Perú

    Colombia

      

    Trinidad and Tobago

    Costa Rica

      

    United States

    Dominican Republic

      

    Uruguay

    Ecuador

      

    Venezuela

    El Salvador

      

     

  2. The discussions in the meeting followed the approved agenda. Some of the topics addressed were:

    • Preparation of the Report to the TNC, in fulfillment of the mandate set out in Annex I, Section E, paragraph 2 of the Buenos Aires Ministerial Declaration, related to the identification of any areas that merit further consideration by the Trade Negotiations Committee, based on the Study on Antidumping and Regional Trade Agreements.

    • Preparation of the Report to the TNC, based on the Group’s work between May 2001 and March 2002 in carrying out all the instructions laid down in the Buenos Aires Ministerial Declaration. The Group will append to the Report a Draft Text of the Chapter on Competition Policy, on which the Group focused its efforts to further reduce the number of brackets.

    • Discussion of Draft Terms of Reference for the Study by the Tripartite Committee on Special and Differential Treatment, including Transitional Measures.

    • Time was allotted for reviewing those contributions from civil society that the delegations believed should be evaluated by the TNC
       

FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON COMPETITION POLICY

Sixteenth Meeting

Panama City, March 25-27, 2002

AGENDA
 

  1. Review of Article 1.6 and the definitions of “the principle of due process” (Art. 9 definitions) in the Draft Chapter on Competition Policy. For discussion of Art. 9, consideration will be given to the text proposal submitted by the Guatemala delegation. The proposal presented at the Fifteenth Meeting of the NGCP by the Andean Community and Mercosur will also be reviewed.

  2. Preparation and discussion of the NGCP Report to the TNC, in fulfillment of the mandate set out in paragraph 2 of section E of Annex I to the Buenos Aires Ministerial Declaration, related to the identification of issues that merit greater consideration by the Trade Negotiations Committee, based on the Study on Antidumping and Regional Trade Agreements.

  3. Discussion of the Draft Terms of Reference for Study by the Tripartite Committee on Special and Differential Treatment, including Transitional Measures, presented by the Canadian delegation.

  4. Discussion of civil society contributions that the delegations believe should be evaluated.

  5. Discussion of the Draft Report to the TNC, prepared by the Chair, in which the results of the NGCP’s work from May 2001 to January 2002 are presented.

  6. Other business.

 
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