GATT/AIR/2923 6 FEBRUARY 1990

 

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING

MEASURES

 

1. THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES WILL MEET ON TUESDAY, 20 FEBRUARY 1990 AT 3 P.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD. THE GROUP WILL REMAIN IN SESSION ON WEDNESDAY, 21 FEBRUARY AND THURSDAY, 22 FEBRUARY 1990 FOR FORMAL AND INFORMAL MEETINGS.

2. THE AGENDA FOR THE MEETING WILL INCLUDE:

A. FRAMEWORK FOR THE NEGOTIATIONS - DISCUSSION OF ISSUES IN SPECIFIC DRAFTING PROPOSALS FROM PARTICIPANTS. THESE ISSUES WILL INCLUDE:

(i) ACTIONABLE SUBSIDIES: TRADE EFFECTS

- INJURY

- TRADE EFFECTS IN THE DOMESTIC MARKET OF THE SUBSIDIZING

COUNTRY AND IN THIRD COUNTRY MARKETS

(ii) ACTIONABLE SUBSIDIES: COUNTERMEASURES

- COUNTERVAILING DUTIES

- OTHER COUNTERMEASURES

(iii) SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

(iv) NOTIFICATIONS AND SURVEILLANCE

B. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEXT MEETING OF THE GROUP.

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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