GATT/AIR/3072 21 AUGUST 1990
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TRADE-RELATED INVESTMENT
MEASURES
1. THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TRADE-RELATED INVESTMENT MEASURES WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 1990 AT 10 A.M. AND WILL CONTINUE AS NECESSARY ON 14 SEPTEMBER 1990 IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.
2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:
(A) FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS BASED ON THE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT ON THE STATUS OF WORK IN THE NEGOTIATING GROUP (MTN.GNG/NG12/W/27).
(B) OTHER BUSINESS.
3. UNDER ITEM A OF THE PROPOSED AGENDA, ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE CHAIRMAN'S SUGGESTION (MTN.GNG/NG12/19, PARAGRAPH 13) THAT THE GROUP CONCENTRATE FIRST ON THE FOLLOWING THREE ISSUES:
- THE OPERATION OF GATT ARTICLES RELATED TO THE TRADE RESTRICTIVE AND DISTORTING EFFECTS OF INVESTMENT MEASURES (PARAGRAPHS A3-12, B7-8 AND C3-4).
- THE SPECIFIC CRITERIA WHICH SHOULD BE USED TO DETERMINE "TRADE RESTRICTING AND DISTORTING EFFECTS" OF TRIMS (PARAGRAPHS A11 AND A13, B15 AND C5).
- TRANSPARENCY PROVISIONS (PARAGRAPHS A25-32, B22-26, AND C9-11).
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