RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/TPR/D/35
17 June 1999
(99-2465)
Trade Policy Review Body
TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM
REVIEW OF EGYPT
Communication from the Discussants
In pursuance of Annex 3, paragraph C (iv) of the WTO Agreement, the following are outlines
of the main points to be raised by the discussants, H.E. Mr. Srinivasan Narayanan (India) and
Mr. Ric Wells (Australia) at the Trade Policy Review of Egypt on 24-25 June 1999.
It is recalled that the discussants act in their personal capacity.  They intend to divide their
remarks largely along the following lines.
(a) H.E. Mr. Srinivasan Narayanan (India)
- Macroeconomic scenario;
- trade regime including laws and regulations;- external trade relations;  and
- impact of external trading environment.
(b) Mr. Ric Wells (Australia)
- Overall liberalization of tariff and non-tariff barriers and recent developments;
- agricultural reform and barriers to Egyptian exports;
- nature of reform in the manufacturing sector;  and
- services developments (financial services and telecommunications).
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