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FTAA.ngadcv/com/14
January 23, 2002

Original: English - Spanish
Translation: non FTAA Secretariat

PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ 

1. The Fourteenth Meeting of the Negotiating Group on Subsidies, Antidumping and Countervailing Duties (NGADCV) was held in Panama from January 21-22, 2002. Representatives of 19 countries of the Hemisphere were in attendance:
    
   

   	Argentina		Guatemala
   	Bolivia		Honduras
   	Brazil		Mexico
   	Canada		Panama
   	Chile		Paraguay
   	Colombia		Peru
   	Costa Rica		Trinidad and Tobago
   	Dominican Republic		United States
   	Ecuador		Uruguay
   	El Salvador		Venezuela

   
   

2. The Agenda approved for discussion is attached as Annex I.

3. The next meeting of the NGADCV has been scheduled for March 13-15, 2002.
   
   
   

1. Approval of the Agenda
    

2. Identification of options for deepening disciplines on subsidies
    

3. Draft consolidated text on Subsidies, Antidumping and Countervailing Duties: Developing Countries, Joint Committee, Consultation and Dispute Settlement, Public Interest, Elimination of Antidumping Measures, Final Provisions
    

4. Identification, based on the Study on the Interaction Between Trade and Competition Policies, of any areas that may merit further consideration by the TNC
    

5. Other business
    
   • NGADCV Report to the TNC