GATT/AIR/2627 17 JUNE 1988

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TROPICAL PRODUCTS

1. AS ANNOUNCED IN GATT/AIR/2621 DATED 13 JUNE 1988 THE SECOND ROUND OF MULTILATERAL CONSULTATIONS ON TROPICAL PRODUCTS WILL BE HELD FROM 27 JUNE TO 1 JULY 1988 FOLLOWED BY THE NINTH MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON FRIDAY, 1 JULY 1988.

2. THE TENTH MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP WILL BE HELD ON 6 TO 8 JULY

1988, STARTING ON WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 1988 AT 10.00 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM

RAPPARD. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES FOR NEGOTIATIONS ADOPTED ON 29

JANUARY 1988, THE NEGOTIATING GROUP IS EXPECTED TO REVIEW AT THIS MEETING

THE RESULTS OF THE MULTILATERAL CONSULTATIONS INCLUDING ANY CONCLUSIONS

REGARDING THE APPLICABILITY OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FURTHER CONDUCT 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.

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