GATT/AIR/2748 3 APRIL 1989

SUBJECT: WORKING PARTY ON CHINA'S STATUS AS A CONTRACTING PARTY

1. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE WORKING PARTY ON CHINA'S STATUS AS A CONTRACTING PARTY WILL TAKE PLACE ON 18 AND 19 APRIL 1989 AND WILL CONTINUE IF NECESSARY ON 20 APRIL. THE MEETING WILL START AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, 154, RUE DE LAUSANNE, GENEVA.

2. THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING IS TO CONTINUE THE ASSESSMENT OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY CHINA ON ITS FOREIGN TRADE REGIME. THIS ASSESSMENT WILL CONTINUE TO BE BASED ON THE SECRETARIAT'S SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY CHINA, CIRCULATED AS DOCUMENT SPEC(88)13/ADD.4. MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY WILL FIRST HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT FURTHER ON THE SUBJECTS CONTAINED IN SECTIONS ONE TO THREE OF THE SECRETARIAT PAPER. THEREAFTER, THE WORKING PARTY WILL ADDRESS THE SUBJECTS CONTAINED IN SECTIONS FOUR TO SIX OF THE SECRETARIAT PAPER. ONCE DISCUSSION OF CHAPTERS ONE TO SIX IS COMPLETED, MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE GENERAL STATEMENTS SUMMING UP THE ASSESSMENT PHASE OF THE WORKING PARTY.

3. MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY, AND OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES, ASSOCIATED GOVERNMENTS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED AS OBSERVERS, ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

A. DUNKEL

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