 
  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/REG160/2 
9 March 2004 
 
 (04-1034) 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements  
  
 
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED  STATES AND CHILE 
 
Terms of Reference of the Examination
 
 
 
Terms of Reference adopted on 26 January 2004  
  "To examine, in light of the relevant provi sions of the GATT 1994, the Free Trade Agreement 
between the United States and Chile and to subm it a report to the Council for Trade in Goods". 
 
 
Understanding read out by the Chairman of the Council for Trade in Goods 
 
at its meeting of 26 January 2004  
  It is understood that the understanding read out by the Chairman of the Council for Trade in Goods under Item 7 of the agenda of the meeting of the Council for Trade in Goods on 
20 February 1995, as contained in document WT/REG3/1, will apply mutatis mutandis  to the 
examination of the agreement.  It is also unders tood that, during the examin ation, due account will be 
taken of the intrinsic differences between customs unions and free-trade areas.  
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