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FTAA.soc/civ/71
May 16, 2003

Original: English

FTAA - COMMITTEE OF GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES ON THE PARTICIPATION OF
CIVIL SOCIETY

CONTRIBUTION IN RESPONSE TO THE OPEN AND ONGOING INVITATION


Name(s) John Murphy, Vice President, Western Hemisphere, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Executive Vice President, Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America (AACCLA)

Mark Smith, Executive Vice President, U.S. Section of the Brazil-U.S. Business Council

Organization(s) U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America (AACCLA)
U.S. Section of the Brazil-U.S. Business Council
Country United States of America

U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America
U.S. Section of the Brazil-U.S. Business Council

Recommendations for the Negotiating Group on
 Subsidies, Antidumping and Countervailing Duties

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America (AACCLA), and the U.S. Section of the Brazil-U.S. Business Council welcome this opportunity to present our views on the emerging Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).  We strongly support free trade in the hemisphere, and we have previously submitted recommendations to the Committee of Government Representatives on the Participation of Civil Society and to the previous seven meetings of the Americas Business Forum giving our perspective on how the agreement should be framed.

 With respect to the provisions set forth by the VI Americas Business Forum negotiating group on subsidies, antidumping and countervailing duties, we strongly support the recommendation to eliminate all trade-distorting subsidies within the region. 

We would like to underscore the importance of — and reiterate our support for — the following recommendations, which were endorsed during the negotiation workshop on subsidies, anti-dumping and countervailing duties at the VI Americas Business Forum in Buenos Aires, Argentina:

  • Antidumping and countervailing duty regulations should conform to agreed standards and be clear and transparent.  In addition, all parties to enforcement actions should have adequate opportunity to present their views.  National authorities should provide for judicial review in cases where administrative officials are alleged to have departed from standards in law and regulation.

 
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