AGREEMENTONTRADE-RELATEDINVESTMENTMEASURESMembers,ConsideringthatMinistersagreedinthePuntadelEsteDeclarationthat"FollowinganexaminationoftheoperationofGATTArticlesrelatedtothetraderestrictiveanddistortingeffectsofinvestmentmeasures,negotiationsshouldelaborate,asappropriate,furtherprovisionsthatmaybenecessarytoavoidsuchadverseeffectsontrade";Desiringtopromotetheexpansionandprogressiveliberalisationofworldtradeandtofacilitateinvestmentacrossinternationalfrontierssoastoincreasetheeconomicgrowthofalltradingpartners,particularlydevelopingcountryMembers,whileensuringfreecompetition;Takingintoaccounttheparticulartrade,developmentandfinancialneedsofdevelopingcountryMembers,particularlythoseoftheleast-developedcountryMembers;Recognizingthatcertaininvestmentmeasurescancausetrade-restrictiveanddistor