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Establishment of panels
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DS249
& DS251:
United States — Definitive safeguard measures on imports of certain
steel products
The
DSB agreed to accept the second-time requests for panels by Japan and
Korea, and decided to refer these cases to the panel which had been
established on 3 June to examine the EC complaint since all the parties
concerned had requested a single panel. EC, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Turkey
and Venezuela reserved their 3rd party rights.
Panel
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The US blocked the first-time requests by Switzerland (DS253)
and Norway (DS254) for panels on the US steel safeguards. The EC reminded
the DSB that several other Members had questioned the compatibility of the
US measures with WTO rules and that they had initiated DSU proceedings
concerning the same problems. The EC said that it deplored the US choice
to delay the process by blocking the first-time requests for panels. The
US responded by stating that on 9 occasions the EC itself had rejected
first-time requests for panels. Switzerland and Norway announced that they
would inscribe their requests for panels on the agenda for the next DSB
meeting on 24 June 2002.
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