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      PublicFTAA.ngin/com/15
 March 22, 2002
 
 Original: Spanish
 Translation: FTAA Secretariat
 
      FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON INVESTMENT 
 Fifteenth Meeting
 
 Panama City, March 11-13, 2002
 
 PRESS COMMUNIQUE
 
The Fifteenth Meeting of the Negotiating Group on Investment (NGIN) was held 
in Panama City from March 11 to 13, 2002. The following countries participated 
in the meeting: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, 
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, 
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay and 
Venezuela.
The  
      agenda approved for discussion is attached as  
Annex I.
The FTAA Secretariat will notify the delegates of the date of the Sixteenth 
Meeting of the NGIN, to be set by the TNC at its next meeting in April 2002.
 
       
 
      
      FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON INVESTMENT
 
 Fifteenth Meeting
 
 Panama City, March 11-13, 2002
 
  
      AGENDA
      
 
| Monday, March 11 |  
| 9:45 – 13:00 | Working session on Negotiating Modalities and 
Procedures |  
| 13:00 – 15:00 | Lunch |  
| 15:00 – 18:00 | Working session on Negotiating Modalities and 
Procedures |  
| Tuesday, March 12 |  
| 9:00 – 13:00 | Working session on Negotiating Modalities and 
Procedures |  
| 13:00 – 15:00 | Lunch. |  
| 15:00 – 18:00 | Working session on General Exceptions and 
Reservations |  
| Wednesday, March 13 |  
| 9:00 - 13:00 | Working session on General Exceptions and 
Reservations |  
| 13:00 – 15:00 | Lunch |  
| 15:00 - 17:30 | Working session on General Exceptions and 
Reservations |  
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Other business. |  
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