GATT/AIR/3081 4 SEPTEMBER 1990

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUPS ON TARIFFS, NON-TARIFF MEASURES,

NATURAL RESOURCE-BASED PRODUCTS AND TROPICAL PRODUCTS

1. PURSUANT TO THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE (MTN.TNC/15, PAGE 2), A JOINT MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUPS ON TARIFFS, NON-TARIFF MEASURES, NATURAL RESOURCE-BASED PRODUCTS AND TROPICAL PRODUCTS WILL BE HELD ON 21 SEPTEMBER 1990. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 10 A.M. AND WILL BE HELD IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, 15 RUE VAREMBE, GENEVA. AMBASSADOR L. DUTHIE AND DATO' P. LEONG HAVE AGREED TO ACT AS CO-CHAIRMEN OF THE MEETING. THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD IN ADDITION TO THE INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUPS MENTIONED ABOVE WHICH HAVE BEEN CONVENED BY SEPARATE AIRGRAMS.

2. AT THE MEETING PARTICIPANTS WILL BE INVITED TO CARRY OUT A STOCK-TAKING OF THE SITUATION IN THE NEGOTIATIONS WITHIN THE AMBIT OF THE GROUPS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE OBJECTIVES SET BY MINISTERS AND THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TNC.

3. GOVERNMENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WHICH WISH TO BE REPRESENTED AT THIS JOINT MEETING ARE INVITED TO INFORM ME OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

A. DUNKEL