GATT/AIR/2695 10 OCTOBER 1988

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING

1. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING WILL BE HELD AT THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD ON 2 NOVEMBER 1988, STARTING AT 10.00 A.M. AND WILL CONTINUE ON 3 NOVEMBER. THE GROUP WILL MEET IN BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL SESSION AS NECESSARY.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:

(A) CONTINUATION OF THE EXAMINATION OF THE TECHNIQUES AND MODALITIES FOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES SET OUT IN THIS AREA AND IN THE LIGHT OF THE PROPOSALS MADE BY PARTICIPANTS;

(B) OTHER BUSINESS. UNDER THIS ITEM IT IS THE CHAIRMAN'S INTENTION TO DISCUSS WITH THE GROUP A DRAFT OF HIS REPORT TO THE GNG.

3. SINCE THE LAST MEETING, THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED. THE NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT ON THE MEETING OF THE GROUP, HELD ON 19 AND 20 SEPTEMBER 8MTN.GNG/NG4/10); A STATEMENT MADE BY THE DELEGATION OF INDONESIA, ON BEHALF OF A NUMBER OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL TEXTILES AND CLOTHING BUREAU (MTN/GNG/NG4W/W20); AND A COMMUNICATION FROM CANADA (MTN.GNG/NG4/W/21).

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

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