00742nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000245012000018260002800138300001500166500005600181520037600237583001900613  a09.05.08 M486  aMechanisms and measures to facilitate the participation of smaller economies in the Free Trade Area of the Americas  bOASaWashingtonUSc1996  a[1], 35 p.  aCopy located in the Office of the Secretary-General  aFocuses on the modalities and general principles which could be applied to the treatment of smaller economies in the FTAA.  Takes into account the objectives set out by the countries of the Western Hemisphere with regrd to regional free trade, and the evolution of special and differential treatment, both at the multilateral level and in subregional integration schemes.  c12/15/03kJOYD