GATT/AIR/2809 6 JULY 1989

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TROPICAL PRODUCTS

1. THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TROPICAL PRODUCTS

TO BE HELD BETWEEN 24-26 JULY 1989 WILL START ON MONDAY, 24 JULY 1989 AT 10.00 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.

2. AS AGREED AT THE MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON 21 APRIL 1989 PARTICIPANTS ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE AT THIS MEETING THE MULTILATERAL REVIEW OF THE TARIFF AND NON-TARIFF SITUATION IN THE LIGHT OF THE RESULTS ACHIEVED AT MONTREAL WITH A VIEW TO IDENTIFYING REMAINING BARRIERS AND TAKING STOCK OF THE PRESENT SITUATION IN PURSUANCE OF THE NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVE OF THE FULLEST LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE IN TROPICAL PRODUCTS.

THE GROUP IS ALSO EXPECTED TO ELABORATE AS APPROPRIATE PROCEDURES FOR THE CONTINUATION OF NEGOTIATIONS.

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

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