On March 13, 2015, Indonesia requested consultations with the United States concerning the imposition of anti-dumping and countervailing measures on certain coated paper products from Indonesia, as well as the investigation underlying those measures..
Indonesia claims that the measures are inconsistent with:
•Articles 2.1, 2.1(c), 12.7, 14(d), 15.5, 15.7 and 15.8 of the SCM Agreement; and
•Articles 3.5, 3.7 and 3.8 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement.
On August 29, 2013, Korea requested consultations with the United States concerning antidumping and countervailing measures relating to large residential washers from Korea. Korea claims that the measures identified in its request for consultations are inconsistent with:
•Articles 1, 2.1, 2.4, 2.4.2, 5.8, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 11 and 18.4 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement;
•Articles 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 10, 14 and 19.4 of the SCM Agreement;
•Articles VI, VI:1, VI:2 and VI:3 of the GATT 1994; and
•Article XVI:4 of the WTO Agreement.
Consultations
Complaint by India.
On 24 April 2012, India requested consultations with the United States with regard to the imposition of countervailing duties by the United States on certain hot rolled carbon steel flat products from India (“subject goods”).
On 25 May 2012, China requested consultations with the United States concerning the imposition of countervailing duty measures by the United States on certain products from China.
Complaint by the European Communities.
On 10 November 2000, the EC requested consultations with the US concerning the continued application by the United States of countervailing duties on a number of products. In particular, the EC claimed that the application of the "same person" methodology by the US, and the continued imposition of duties based on it, are in breach of Articles 10, 19 and 21 of the SCM Agreement, because there is no proper determination of a benefit to the producer of the goods under investigation, as required by Article 1.1(b) of the SCM Agreement.
Complaint by Canada.
On 21 August 2001, Canada requested consultations with the US concerning the preliminary countervailing duty determination and the preliminary critical circumstances determination made by the US Department of Commerce on 9 August 2001, with respect to certain softwood lumber from Canada. This request also concerned US measures on company-specific expedited reviews and administrative reviews. In particular:
Complaint by Canada.
On 3 May 2002, Canada requested consultations with the US. The request concerned the final affirmative countervailing duty determination by the US Department of Commerce (File No. C-122839) issued on 25 March 2002, with respect to certain softwood lumber from Canada. The measures at issue include the initiation and conduct of the investigation, the final determination, provision of expedited reviews, and other matters related to these measures.
Complaint by Canada.
On 20 December 2002, Canada requested consultations with the United States regarding the investigation of the USITC in Softwood Lumber from Canada (Invs. Nos. 701-TA-414 and 731-TA-928 (Final)) and the final definitive anti-dumping and countervailing duties applied as a result of the USITC's final determination made on 2 May 2002, notice of which was published in the United States Federal Register on 22 May 2002 (Volume 67, Number 99 at pp.
Complaint by Korea
On 30 June 2003, Korea requested consultations with the United States concerning the US authorities' affirmative preliminary and final countervailing duty determinations, the preliminary injury determination and any subsequent determinations that may be made during the injury investigation, on DRAMs and DRAM modules from Korea. Korea is also challenging all related laws and regulations, including Section 771 of the US Tariff Act of 1930 and 19 CFR 351 respectively.
Complaint by Korea.
On 25 July 2003, Korea requested consultations with the European Communities concerning the EC's provisional countervailing measures and any final countervailing measures which may be finalized and implemented later this year against dynamic random access memory chips ("DRAMs") from Korea.
