GATT/AIR/3041 2 JULY 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, 12 JULY 1990 AT 10 A.M. AND WILL CONTINUE AS NECESSARY ON 13 JULY IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.
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 UNDER AGENDA ITEM (A) TO TAKE UP IN INFORMAL SESSION DISCUSSION OF THE SUBMISSION TO BE MADE TO THE GNG MEETING IN JULY.
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
90-0933