WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/NG/W/25
21 July 2000
(00-3032)
Committee on Agriculture
Special SessionOriginal:  English
SECOND SPECIAL SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
29-30 JUNE 2000
Statement by Grenada
Grenada, on behalf of the group of countries known as CARICOM, wishes to make the
following comments without prejudice to other comm ents which we wish to make regarding the work
of the Secretariat not explicitly mentioned.
First, we wish to identify with the comments of Brazil, regarding paper G/AG/NG/S/6.
Without enumerating the specific limitations of the analysis, which seeks to establish "weak
causuality" between agricultural trade liberation and agricultural trade performance.
We wish to make the following suggestions for (a )  future work to be undertaken within the
context of paper G/AG/NG/S/6, and (b)  proposals for a new study.
In relation to (a) we should like to request (i)  that the paper be extended to include an
analysis of the proportion and structure of agricultural trade occurring under various preferential
arrangements;  (ii) that paper G/AG/NG/S/6 "br eak out" between growth by raw or primary products
and growth by processed or worked products.
Regarding (b) (new studies), we should like to request that a study of tariff binding (bound
and applied) by products of major export inte rest to developing countries be undertaken.
Finally, we should like to take this opportunity to thank the Secretariat for the effort which
went into the preparation of G/ AG/NG/S/6, which has already provided a good basis for the practical
examination of Uruguay Round implementation.  The areas identified, constitute fundamental
"missing links" as the countries of the CARI COM continue their task under the framework of
Article 20 of the Agreement.
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