GATT/AIR/2801 27 JUNE 1989

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TRADE-RELATED INVESTMENT

MEASURES

1. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TRADE-RELATED INVESTMENT MEASURES WILL BEGIN ON 10 JULY 1989 AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD AND WILL CONTINUE, AS REQUIRED, ON 11 JULY.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:

(A) - FURTHER IDENTIFICATION OF THE TRADE RESTRICTIVE AND DISTORTING EFFECTS OF INVESTMENT MEASURES THAT ARE OR MAY BE COVERED BY

EXISTING GATT ARTICLES, SPECIFYING THOSE ARTICLES;

- IDENTIFICATION OF OTHER TRADE RESTRICTIVE AND DISTORTING EFFECTS OF INVESTMENT MEASURES THAT MAY NOT BE COVERED

ADEQUATELY BY EXISTING GATT ARTICLES BUT ARE RELEVANT TO THE

MANDATE OF THE GROUP GIVEN BY THE PUNTA DEL ESTE MINISTERIAL

DECLARATION;

- DEVELOPMENT ASPECTS THAT WOULD REQUIRE CONSIDERATION;

- MEANS OF AVOIDING THE IDENTIFIED ADVERSE TRADE EFFECTS OF TRADE-RELATED INVESTMENT MEASURES INCLUDING, AS APPROPRIATE,

NEW PROVISIONS TO BE ELABORATED WHERE EXISTING GATT ARTICLES

MAY NOT COVER THEM ADEQUATELY;

- OTHER RELEVANT ISSUES, SUCH AS THE MODALITIES OF

IMPLEMENTATION.

(B) - OTHER BUSINESS.

3. 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

89-0928