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 August 2, 2002
 
 Original: Spanish
 Translation: FTAA Secretariat
 
      FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON INVESTMENT 
 Seventeenth Meeting
 
 Panama City, July 8-10, 2002
 
      
      PRESS COMMUNIQUEThe next meeting of the NGIN will be held from 23 to 27 September 2002.The Seventeenth Meeting of the Negotiating Group 
on Investment (NGIN) was held in Panama City, Panama from 8 to 10 July 2002. In 
attendance were delegates of the following countries: Argentina, Bahamas, 
Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, 
Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, 
Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
The approved   
      agenda is attached hereto as Annex I. 
 In connection with the only item to be addressed on the agenda, 
the NGIN concluded its final report on the Group’s activities for the period 
April 2001- July 2002, which will be submitted to the TNC.
 
 
  
      
      
      FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON INVESTMENT
 
 Seventeenth Meeting
 
 Panama City, July 8-10, 2002
 
 AGENDA
 
 
|  Monday, 8 July |  
| 9:45 - 13:00 | Work session on the final report from 
the NGIN to the TNC. |  
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Lunch |  
| 15:00 - 18:00 | Work session on the final report from 
the NGIN to the TNC. |  
| Tuesday, 9 July |  
| 9:00 - 13:00 | Work session on the final report from 
the NGIN to the TNC. |  
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Lunch |  
| 15:00 - 18:00 | Work session on the final report from 
the NGIN to the TNC. |  
| Wednesday, 10 July |  
| 9:00 - 13:00 | Work session on the final report from 
the NGIN to the TNC. |  
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Lunch |  
| 15:00 - 18:00 | Work session on the final report from 
the NGIN to the TNC. |  *If the Group considers it necessary, it might extend the meeting to five days. |