GATT/AIR/2982 30 APRIL 1990
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 THURSDAY, 17 MAY 1990 AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD AND WILL CONTINUE ON 18 MAY.
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. THE CHAIRMAN IS PROPOSING TO TAKE UP IN INFORMAL SESSION DISCUSION OF THE FOLLOWING TWO ISSUES:
- WHAT NEW DISCIPLINES ARE NEEDED TO AVOID THE ADVERSE TRADE EFFECTS OF INVESTMENT MEASURES; AND
- WHAT SHOULD BE THE SCOPE AND COVERAGE OF FURTHER PROVISIONS.
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