WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TMB/N/335
27 July 1998
(98-2977)
Textiles Monitoring Body Original:  English
AGREEMENT ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Communication from Pakistan
The Textiles Monitoring Body has received the following communication from Pakistan and
is circulating it to WTO Members for their information.G/TMB/N/335
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Permanent Mission of Pakistan
Geneva
13 July 1998
Dear Mr. Chairman,
I am enclosing herewith a copy of the letter sent to Mr. Don Johnson, Chief Textile
Negotiator, Office of the USTR, Washington in response to his communication dated 10  July 1998.
This is for necessary action at your end.
Yours sincerely,
(signed) Dr. Yousaf Junaid
H. E. Ambassador András Szepesi
ChairmanTextiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
GenevaG/TMB/N/335
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Permanent Mission of Pakistan
Geneva
13 July 1998
Dear Mr. Johnson,
I am writing with reference to your letter dated 10 July 19981, addressed to
Ambassador András Szepesi, Chairman of the Textiles Monitoring Body, World Trade Organization,
Geneva.
I would like to point out that when our representative met you on 9 July 1998 in Washington,
he made it clear that his meeting with you and the other USTR's officials was not to be construed to
mean "consultations" as Article 2.21, under which the matter was referred to the TMB, provides for
no prior consultations and that the meeting between the two sides was merely exploratory in nature.
He had also made it clear that his meeting with you was without prejudice to Pakistan's position onthe matter before the Textiles Monitoring Body.
As a result of the meeting in Washington, we had hoped that the United States would
eliminate visa requirements with respect to integrated products without any precondition. We,
however, note that your letter dated 10 July 1998 does refer to some other matters which we believefall outside the scope of Article 2 of the ATC.  I would like to specifically point out that there are no
outstanding or serious problems regarding circumvention as far as Pakistan is concerned.
Nevertheless, we remain committed to cooperate with the United States with regard to any matter
raised under the relevant provisions of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.
Yours sincerely,
(signed) Munir Akram
Ambassador, Permanent Representative
Mr. Don Johnson
Chief Textile Negotiator
Executive Office of the President
Office of the United States Trade RepresentativeWashington D.C., 20508
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1 See G/TMB/N/333.