RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/TPR/D/27
5 November 1998
(98-4325)
Trade Policy Review Body
TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM
REVIEW OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
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, Mr.Andrew L. Stoler (United States of America)
and Ms. Claudia Orozco Jaramillo (Colombia) at th e Trade Policy Review of Trinidad and Tobago on
12-13 November 1998.
It is recalled that the discussants act in their personal capacity.
(a) Mr. Andrew L. Stoler
- Macroeconomic Overview
- Changing Role of the State in the Economy- Characteristics of the Domestic Economy
- Tax policy
- Prospects for Agriculture/Peculiarities of Sugar- Important Role of the Services Economy- Manufacturing and the Energy Sector
- Modernization of Economic Policy-making.
(b) Ms. Claudia Orozco Jaramillo
- Trade Policy Overview
- Implementation of the WTO
- Regional Agreements and preferential trade- Investment Policy
- Trade measures
- Tariffs and licenses-A g r i c u l t u r e- Services- Export promotion.
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