GATT/AIR/2531 5 JANUARY 1988
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TROPICAL PRODUCTS
1. THE SIXTH MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TROPICAL PRODUCTS TO BE
HELD BETWEEN 25-29 JANUARY 1988 WILL START ON MONDAY, 25 JANUARY 1988 AT
10.00 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.
2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:
A. COMPILATION OF BACKGROUND MATERIAL FOR NEGOTIATIONS;
B. EXAMINATION OF PROPOSALS AND OTHER INPUTS BY PARTICIPANTS AIMED
AT ACHIEVING THE AGREED OBJECTIVES OF NEGOTIATIONS IN THIS AREA; AGREEMENT OF TECHNIQUES AND MODALITIES AS A COMMON BASIS FOR NEGOTIATIONS, INCLUDING THE TABLING OF INITIAL REQUESTS/OFFERS;
- CHAIRMAN'S PROPOSALS FOR POSSIBLE PROCEDURES FOR
NEGOTIATIONS;
C. OTHER BUSINESS, INCLUDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEXT MEETING OF
THE GROUP.
3. WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS BY PARTICIPANTS HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED IN DOCUMENTS
MTN.GNG/NG6/W/8-10, 13, 14, 16 AND 17 BACKGROUND MATERIAL FOR
NEGOTIATIONS IS CONTAINED IN DOCUMENTS MTN.GNG/NG6/W/1-7, 11, 12 AND 15 AND
ADDENDA. ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND MATERIAL WILL BE CIRCULATED AS SOON AS
COMPLETED. A NOTE ON THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE GROUP IS BEING CIRCULATED IN
MTN.GNG/NG6/5.
4. GOVERNMENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS,
WHICH WISH TO BE REPRESENTED AT THIS MEETING ARE INVITED TO INFORM ME OF
THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
A. DUNKEL
88-0018