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Meeting of the Trade Policy Review Body on Solomon Islands.RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/TPR/D/23
18 September 1998
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Trade Policy Review Body
TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM
REVIEW OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS
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, Mrs. Usha Chandnee Dwarka-Canabady(Mauritius) and Mr. Robert Kasper (United States), at the Trade Policy Review of the
Solomon Islands on 21-22 September 1998.
It is recalled that the discussants act in their personal capacity.  They intend to divide their
remarks largely along the following lines.
(a) Mrs. Usha Chandnee Dwarka-Canabady
(i) Macro-economic policy (fiscal and exchange rate)
(ii) Competitiveness(iii) Sustainable development of natural resources
(iv) Trade prospects
(v) Regional co-operation.
(b) Mr. Robert Kasper
(i) Policies concerning exports (notably timber and fish)
(ii) Foreign investment(iii) Implementation of Uruguay Round obligations.
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