Solicitation of Public Comment Regarding U.S. Preparations for the World Trade Organization's Ministerial Meeting, Fourth Quarter 1999

Résumé

The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) is providing notice of the U.S. intention to develop proposals and positions concerning the agenda of the third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The TWO General Council has been instructed to prepare recommendations regarding the launch of further trade negotiations and work in the WTO, which will be considered and approved by WTO Members meeting at their next Ministerial to be held in the United States during the fourth quarter of 1999. The TPSC invites public comment regarding the development of the agenda, scope, content and timetables for negotiations or further work in the WTO, including additional consultations with non-governmental stakeholders. The Administration seeks views on the broadcast possible range of issues for considerations, including possible subject matter and approaches to any new negotiations or future work in the WTO. The deadline for written comments is Friday, October 16, 1998. The General Council's instructions are contained in WTO Ministerial Declarations WT/MIN(98)/DEC/1 and DEC/2 agreed on May 20, 1998, at the WTO's second ministerial meeting. In September 1998, the General Council wi