RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/TPR/D/25
27 October 1998
(98-4187)
Trade Policy Review Body Original: English
TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM
REVIEW OF JAMAICA
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. Ronald Saborío Soto (Costa Rica) and
H.E. Mr. István Major (Hungary) at the Trade Policy Review of Jamaica on 29-30 October 1998.
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. Ronald Saborío Soto
- Recent economic developments
- Development policies- Trends and composition of trade
- Trade relations
- Investment policies
(b) H.E. Mr. István Major
- Trade policy regime and objectives
- liberalization and move to outward-orientation
- tariff
- licensing
- incentives
- free trade zones
- Structural and sectoral aspects
- agriculture
- textiles and clothing
- services
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