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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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Implementation of the recommendations of
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At the Dispute Settlement Body meeting on 31 August 2005, Mexico and
Canada presented final status reports on progress in the implementation of
DSB’s recommendations in the cases “Mexico — Measures Affecting Telecommunications Services” and “Canada — Measures Relating to Exports of Wheat and Treatment of Imported Grain”,
respectively, while Japan reported it had reached a mutually agreed
solution with the United States in the case “Japan — Measures Affecting
the Importation of Apples”.
Mexico reported that the Regulation on marketing of long distance and
international long distance telecommunications services was published in
the official journal on 12 August 2005. It said that with the issuing of
this Regulation, Mexico has fully complied with the terms of the agreement
with the United States in respect of the recommendations of the panel. The
United States said that it was satisfied that Mexico had fulfilled the
regulatory changes required by their agreement.
Canada said that amendments to the Canada Transportation Act and the
Canada Grain Act came into force on 1 August 2005, thus bringing it into
compliance with the DSB’s recommendations and rulings. The United States
said it appreciated Canada’s report, and that it was reviewing Canada’s
responses to questions it had posed on the new regulations.
The United States reported that the Administration was working with the US
Congress to implement DSB’s rulings and recommendations in the following
cases: “US — Section 211 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 1998”; “US —
Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Products from Japan”;
“US — Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000”; and “US — Section 110(5) of the US Copyright Act”.
The European Communities informed the DSB that its intention was to fully
implement the DSB’s recommendations in the case: “EC — Countervailing
Measures on Dynamic Random Access Memory Chips from Korea”. Korea said it
was willing to discuss any EC proposal regarding a reasonable period of
time for implementation in this case.
Request for initiation of procedures under Annex V of the Subsidies Agreement
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The United States renewed its request for initiation of procedures in
Annex V of the Subsidies Agreement (for obtaining information on the
existence and amount of subsidization), which it said the EC had blocked
when the DSB established a panel on 20 July 2005 in the case “European
Communities and Certain Member States — Measures Affecting Trade in Large
Civil Aircraft”, and again during the DSB meeting on 3 August 2005. The EC
said that it was not opposed to the initiation of the procedure as such
but believed on the need to ensure that any agreement on this manner is
carefully crafted so as to take the particularities of the dispute
properly into account. It said that discussions with the United States
have narrowed their differences, which should enable the two parties to
jointly request the commencement of the procedures very soon. The US
expressed disappointment that the EC had blocked its request for a third
time.
Other
business
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Under “Other Business”, Japan
informed the DSB that it had reached a mutually agreed solution with the
United States in relation to the case “Japan — Measures Affecting
the Importation of Apples”. The US expressed appreciation for the further
changes made by Japan in its measures, adding it would be monitoring
implementation. Guatemala informed the DSB of the withdrawal of its
request for consultations pertaining to the case: “Mexico — Certain
Pricing Measures for Customs Valuation and Other Purposes”. Mexico said
the resolution of this case showed the benefits of consultations.
Next
meeting back to top
The DSB will hold a special meeting
on 6 September 2005. Its next regular meeting is scheduled for 27 September 2005.
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