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Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
Current FTAA Negotiations
FTAA Draft Text, Canada's Positions and Proposals, and Frequently Asked Questions
Third Draft FTAA Agreement - November 21, 2003
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The published text is not legally binding since it is still under negotiation.
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The text is subject to modification as negotiations progress.
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The translations of the texts into the different languages may contain inaccuracies, which will be corrected in the course of the negotiations.
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Square brackets [ ] indicate that different points of view do exist on the text included between them.
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Brace brackets { } indicate that differences in translation may exist on texts included between them.
Negotiatings Groups
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Intellectual Property Rights
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Subsidies, Antidumping and Countervailing Duties
- Technical Committee on Institutional
Issues
Other Entities
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Consultative Group on Smaller Economies
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Joint Government-Private Sector Committee on E-commerce
- Committee of Government Representatives
on the Participation on Civil Society
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Thematic Meetings Open to Civil Society
The Committee of Government Representatives on the Participation of Civil Society has been mandated to organise a series of Thematic Meetings open to all sectors of civil society on issues related to the FTAA negotiations. Pursuant to this mandate, the following meetings have been held and are being planned:
First Thematic Meeting: Agriculture (June 25, 2003, Sao Paulo, Brazil); Second Thematic Meeting: Services, with particular emphasis on telecommunications, professional services, and cultural industries (September 23, 2003, Santiago, Chile); Third Thematic Meeting: Intellectual Property Rights (January 28, 2004, Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic); Fourth Thematic Meeting: Market Access for industrial and consumer goods, with particular emphasis on Small and Medium-size Enterprises (April 26, 2004, Atlanta, United States).
The reports, agenda, lists of participants and other documents related to these meetings are available on the official FTAA website.
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Reminder:
Open Invitation to Civil Society in FTAA Participating Countries
- July, 2003
The FTAA Committee of Government Representatives on Civil
Society reminds citizens of its open and permanent invitation
to civil society to provide written submissions on issues
of relevance to the FTAA.
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Report
of the Committee of Government Representatives on the Participation
of Civil Society - November 1, 2002
Canada's Proposal
Frequently Asked Questions - General
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