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WORLD TRADE WT/TPR/W/3
31March 1995
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(95-0757)
TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY Original: English
TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM
Trade Policy Review ofJapan
Communication from theDiscussants
Inpursuance ofAnnex 3,paragraph C(iv) oftheWTO Agreement, thefollowing areoutlines
ofthemainpoints toberaised byMr.Stuart Harbinson (Hong Kong) andMr.Pierre Gosselin (Canada)
atthereview ofJapan tobeheldunder GATT 1994 procedures on4-5March 1995.
Itisrecalled thatthediscussants actintheirpersonal capacity.
(a) Mr.Stuart Harbinson
1. Current economic outlook.
2. Effects ofyenappreciation onthedomestic economy, investment flows andtrade.
3. Regionalism andbilateralism.
4. Trends inGSPbenefits, including ceiling levels.
(b) Mr.Pierre Gosselin
5. Progress onthemainissues raised attheprevious TPRM ofJapan, e.g.deregulation andimport
promotion.
6. Five-year government deregulation plan(released attheendofMarch 1995).
7. Competition policy.
8. Standards andregulations.
9. Agricultural policy, including foodsecurity issues.