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This summary has been prepared by the WTO Secretariat’s Information and
Media Relations Division to help public understanding about developments
in WTO disputes. It is not a legal interpretation of the issues, and it is
not intended as a complete account of the issues. These can be found in
the reports themselves and in the minutes of the Dispute Settlement
Body’s meetings.
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Request
for the establishment of panels
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DS259:
United States — Definitive safeguard measures on imports of certain
steel products
The United States accepted a 1st time request by Brazil
for the establishment of a panel to rule on the safeguard measures taken
by the United States. Brazil said that the measures “have
considerably disturbed the world steel market and have had a significant
impact upon Brazil's exports of steel”. The US said it regretted the
Brazil challenge but it believed that “this request should be
referred to the single panel already established at the request of China,
the EC, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland so that a single
panel would consider all eight panel requests”.
DS237:
Turkey — Certain import procedures for fresh fruit
Ecuador made its second request for the establishment of a
panel to examine Turkey's measures. But in view of the recent
modifications to its procedures made by Turkey, Ecuador decided to
postpone the composition of the panel so both countries can examine in
detail the technical implications of these measures to see if they meet
Ecuador's concerns. Turkey said it was disappointed by Ecuador's request
and said the legal basis for the panel do not exist. Nevertheless it hoped
for a bilateral solution. The panel was established and the US and the EC
requested third party rights.
Panel
request deferred
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DS257:
United States : Final countervailing duty determination with respect to
certain softwood lumber from Canada.
The US rejected the first time request for the
establishment of a panel by Canada. Canada considers that the US measures
“violates the obligations of the US under the agreement on Subsidies and
Countervailing Measures” and GATT 1994. The US regretted Canada's
request since it believes that Canada's claims “lack merit”. It also
added that in its request Canada has identified a new measure on which
there has not been any consultation. The US said it could not agree to the
establishment of a panel at this time.
Adoption
of report
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DS206:
United States : Anti-dumping and countervailing measures on steel plate
form India.
The DSB adopted the panel report on this dispute. Both
countries made statements in which they welcomed part of the rulings but
disagreed with others. The US said it believes this report was
“thoughtfully and carefully reasoned”. India hoped for a prompt and
full implementation of the ruling. Chile said it had a systemic interest
in the correct interpretation and implementation of the provisions of the
Antidumping Agreement.
Other
business
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Under other business, the chairman of the DSB recalled that the list of
panelists approved by the DSB on 31 May 1995 should be updated
every two years and asked members to do so before the end of
November 2002.
Next
meeting
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The next regular meeting of the DSB is scheduled for
1 October 2002.
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