Dispute
Settlement Body 29 January 2002
DSB adopts report on “foreign sales corporations”
At a meeting on 29 January 2002, the Dispute Settlement Body adopted an Appellate Body report on the United States' “Tax treatment for foreign sales corporations”.
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Adoption of report
DS108: United States — Tax treatment for foreign sales corporations
The Dispute Settlement Body adopted the Appellate Body report on the United States' implementation in the foreign sales corporation dispute against the European Communities. The US said they respected their obligation to comply with WTO rules and were working with the EC to resolve this dispute. The EC said that in accordance with the procedural agreement concluded by the parties (WT/DS108/12), the arbitration on the amount of countermeasures suspension of concessions requested by the EC would automatically be reactivated today.
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