The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 22 May, of the Dispute Settlement Body (dsb), which consists of all WTO members and oversees legal disputes among them. The meeting notice is circulated in the form of a document officially called an “airgram”.
WTO/AIR/DSB/46 12 May 2017
Subject: Dispute Settlement Body
The following items are proposed for the agenda:
1. Surveillance of implementation of recommendations adopted by the dsb.
A. United States - anti-dumping measures on certain hot-rolled steel products from Japan: status report by the United States (wt/ds184/15/add.172)
B. United States - section 110(5) of the US Copyright Act: status report by the United States (wt/ds160/24/add.147)
C. European Communities - measures affecting the approval and marketing of biotech products: status report by the European Union (wt/ds291/37/add.110)
2. European Union – measures affecting tariff concessions on certain poultry meat products
A. Implementation of the recommendations of the dsb
3. United States - continued dumping and subsidy offset act of 2000: implementation of the recommendations adopted by the dsb
A. statement by the European Union
4. United States - countervailing measures on certain pipe and tube products from Turkey
A. request for the establishment of a panel by Turkey (wt/ds523/2)
5. India - measures concerning the importation of certain agricultural products
A. recourse to article 21.5 of the dsu by India: request for the establishment of a panel (wt/ds430/21)
6. Colombia - measures relating to the importation of textiles, apparel and footwear
A. recourse to article 21.5 of the dsu by Panama: request for the establishment of a panel (wt/ds461/22)
7. United States - measures concerning the importation, marketing and sale of tuna and tuna products
A. recourse to article 22.7 of the dsu by Mexico (wt/ds381/44)
8. China - anti-dumping measures on imports of cellulose pulp from Canada
A. report of the panel (wt/ds483/rand wt/ds483/r/add.1)
9. United States - certain methodologies and their application to anti-dumping proceedings involving China
A. report of the appellate body (wt/ds471/ab/rand wt/ds471/ab/r/add.1) and report of the panel (wt/ds471/rand wt/ds471/r/add.1)
10. Proposal regarding the appellate body selection process (wt/dsb/w/596)
11. Appointment of appellate body members: proposal by the European Union (wt/dsb/w/597)
Members of the WTO and observer governments to WTO bodies are requested to inform the secretariat of the names of their representatives as soon as possible.
