On February 12, 2015, Chinese Taipei requested consultations with Indonesia regarding a safeguard measure imposed by Indonesia on imports of certain flat-rolled iron or steel products and the investigation and determinations leading thereto. On June 1, 2015, Viet Nam requested consultations with Indonesia regarding a safeguard measure imposed by Indonesia on imports of certain flat-rolled iron or steel products and the investigation and determinations leading thereto.
Chinese Taipei and Viet Nam each claim that the measures are inconsistent with:
•Articles I:1, XIX:1(a) and XIX:2 of the GATT 1994; and
•Articles 2.1, 3.1, 4.1(a), 4.1 (b), 4.1(c), 4.2(a), 4.2 (b), 4.2(c), 12.2 and 12.3 of the Agreement on Safeguards.
On August 20, 2015, Chinese Taipei requested the establishment of a panel in DS490. At its meeting on August 31, 2015, the DSB deferred the establishment of a panel. At its meeting on September 28, 2015, the DSB established a panel. Australia, Chile, China, the European Union, India, Japan, Korea, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Viet Nam and the United States reserved their third-party rights.
On September 17, 2015, Viet Nam requested the establishment of a panel in DS496. At its meeting on September 28, 2015, the DSB deferred the establishment of a panel. At its meeting on October 28, 2015, the DSB established a single panel pursuant to Article 9.1 of the DSU to examine this dispute and DS490.
On December 1, 2015, Chinese Taipei and Viet Nam requested the Director-General to compose the panel. On December 9, 2015, the Director-General composed the panel.
| Brief Date | Brief Description |
|---|---|
| 10/27/2016 | U.S. Third Party Executive Summary |
| 10/20/2016 | U.S. Answers to the Panels' Questions to the Third Parties |
| 10/06/2016 | U.S. Third Party Oral Statement |
| Brief Date | Brief Description |
|---|---|
| 05/08/2018 | U.S. Third Participant Oral Statement |
