WT/L/363
20 September 2000WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATION
(00-3724)
Original: English
MARRAKESH AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING
THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
Withdrawal of Invocation of Article XIII by the United States with respect to the Kyrgyz Republic
In a communication dated 18 September 2000 the Ambassador of the United States to the
World Trade Organization has notified the Chairman of the General Council that the United States hasdisinvoked the provisions of Article XIII of the above-mentioned Agreement with respect to the
Kyrgyz Republic.  The text of the communication is as follows.
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By letter of 9 October 1998 the Permanent Representative of the United States to the World
Trade Organization notified the Chairman of the WTO General Council that the United States of
America did not consent to the application as between it and the Kyrgyz Republic of the Marrakesh
Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization  and the Multilateral Trade Agreements in
Annexes 1 and 2 thereto.  My authorities have now instructed me to inform the General Council that
the United States has disinvoked the provisions of Article XIII of the Marrakesh Agreement.
Therefore, the United States has consented to the application as between it and the Kyrgyz Republic
of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization  and the Multilateral Trade
Agreements in Annexes 1 and 2 thereto.
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