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FTAA.ngma/com/17
February 1, 2002

Original Spanish
Translation: non FTAA Secretariat


FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON MARKET ACCESS
Seventeenth Meeting

Panama, January 28 - February 1, 2002

PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ

The Seventeenth Meeting of the Negotiating Group on Market Access was held in Panama City, Panama from 28 January – 1 February 2002. Delegations from the following countries were in attendance: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela.

The NGMA agreed on the Agenda, which is attached. All the items on it were covered.

The next meeting of the Group will be held in Panama City, Panama from 18-22 March 2002.

FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON MARKET ACCESS
Seventeenth Meeting

Panama, January 28 - February 1, 2002

AGENDA
  1. Approval of the Agenda
     

  2. Organization of the work of the Group
     

    • Draft of the NGMA report to the TNC
       

  3. Report of the Chair of the Negotiating Group on Agriculture
     

  4. General items:
     

    • Follow up of the List of Tasks

    • Follow up of the Hemispheric Data Base

    • Notification on Special Regimes

    • Notifications and counter-notifications of non tariff measures

    • Proposals submitted

    • Coordination with the NGAG and other FTAA entities

    • Contributions from the Committee of Government Representatives on the Participation of the Civil Society
       

  5. Methods and modalities for tariff negotiation
     

  6. Timetable and modalities for the establishment of rules of origin in the FTAA
     

  7. Agenda for the next meeting
     

  8. Other business

 
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