GATT/AIR/2865 23 OCTOBER 1989

SUBJECT: CANADA-UNITED STATES FREE-TRADE AGREEMENT

1. THE COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING OF 8-9 FEBRUARY 1989 ESTABLISHED A WORKING PARTY TO EXAMINE THE CANADA-UNITED STATES FREE-TRADE AGREEMENT CONCLUDED ON 2 JANUARY 1988 AND AGREED THAT CONTRACTING PARTIES WISHING TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS IN WRITING TO THE PARTIES TO THE AGREEMENT SHOULD DO SO NO LATER THAN SIX WEEKS AFTER RECEIPT OF COPIES OF THE AGREEMENT (C/M/228, PP. 22-25).

2. COPIES OF THE TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS HAVE NOW BEEN RECEIVED, AND ONE COPY OF THIS DOCUMENTATION IS BEING SENT TO EACH CONTRACTING PARTY WITH DOCUMENT L/6464/ADD.1.

3. CONSEQUENTLY, CONTRACTING PARTIES WISHING TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES TO THE AGREEMENT ARE INVITED TO COMMUNICATE THEM NO LATER THAN 8 DECEMBER 1989 TO THE SECRETARIAT.

A. DUNKEL