On 24 October 2008, Mexico requested consultations with the United States in relation to certain measures taken by the latter concerning the importation, marketing and sale of tuna and tuna products. Mexico alleges that the US measures have the effect of prohibiting the labelling of Mexican tuna and tuna products as “dolphin-safe”, even when the tuna has been harvested by means that comply with the multilaterally agreed “dolphin-safe” standard established by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, while tuna products from most other countries, including the United States, are allowed to be labelled as “dolphin-safe”.
Mexico argues that these measures appear to be inconsistent in particular, but not necessarily exclusively, with Articles 2, 5, 6 and 8 of the TBT Agreement and Articles I and III of the GATT 1994. Mexico alleges that these violations nullify or impair the benefits accruing to Mexico under these Agreements and cannot be justified under any of the covered agreements.
| Brief Date | Brief Description |
|---|---|
| 01/26/2011 | U.S. Comments on Mexico’s Answers to the Second Set of Panel Questions |
| 01/19/2011 | U.S. Answers to the Second Set of Panel Questions |
| 12/22/2011 | Executive Summary of U.S. Opening Oral Statement at the Second Panel Meeting |
| 12/17/2011 | U.S. Closing Oral Statement at the Second Panel Meeting |
| 12/16/2011 | U.S. Opening Oral Statement at the Second Panel Meeting |
| 12/08/2010 | Executive Summary of U.S. Second Written Submission |
| 12/01/2010 | U.S. Second Written Submission |
| 11/08/2010 | U.S. Answers to First Set of Panel Questions |
| 10/28/2010 | U.S. Executive Summary of Opening Oral Statement at First Panel Meeting |
| 10/20/2010 | U.S. Closing Oral Statement at the First Panel Meeting |
| 10/18/2010 | U.S. Opening Oral Statement at the First Panel Meeting |
| 04/23/2010 | Executive Summary of U.S. First Written Submission |
| 04/16/2010 | U.S. First Written Submission |
| Brief Date | Brief Description |
|---|---|
| 03/15/2012 | U.S. Oral Statement |
| 02/07/2012 | U.S. Appellee Submission |
| 01/20/2012 | U.S. Appellant Submission |
| Brief Date | Brief Description |
|---|---|
| 10/17/2014 | U.S. comments on Mexico’s Responses to the Panel’s Additional Questions |
| 10/14/2014 | U.S. Answers to the Panel’s Additional Questions |
| 09/26/2014 | U.S. Comments on Mexico’s Responses to the Questions Posed by the Panel |
| 09/17/2014 | U.S. Response to the Questions Posed by the Panel |
| 08/19/2014 | U.S. Opening Oral Statement |
| 07/29/2014 | Executive Summary of the Second Written Submission of the United States |
| 07/22/2014 | Second Written Submission of the United States |
| 05/27/2014 | U.S. First Written Submission |
| Brief Date | Brief Description |
|---|---|
| 06/23/2015 | U.S. Appellee Submission |
| 06/05/2015 | U.S. Appellant Submission |
| Brief Date | Brief Description |
|---|---|
| 03/03/2017 | U.S. Executive Summary |
| 01/25/2017 | U.S. Closing Statement at the Meeting with the Panels |
| 01/24/2017 | U.S. Opening Statement at the Meeting with the Panels |
| 12/09/2016 | U.S. Third Written Submission |
| 10/07/2016 | U.S. Second Written Submission |
| 07/22/2016 | U.S. First Written Submission |
| Brief Date | Brief Description |
|---|---|
| 11/28/2016 | U.S. Executive Summary |
| 11/09/2016 | U.S. Answers to the Arbitrator's Questions Following the Meeting with the Parties |
| 10/26/2016 | U.S. Closing Statement at the Meeting with the Arbitrator |
| 10/25/2016 | U.S. Opening Statement at the Meeting with the Arbitrator |
| 09/30/2016 | U.S. Answers to the Arbitrator's Questions on Substance |
| 09/21/2016 | U.S. Comments on Mexico's Responses to the U.S. Preliminary Ruling Request and to the Arbitrator's Questions on the U.S. Preliminary Ruling Request |
| 09/14/2016 | U.S. Answers to the Arbitrator's Questions Regarding the U.S. Preliminary Ruling Request |
| 08/03/2016 | Written Submission of the United States |
| Brief Date | Brief Description |
|---|---|
| 12/19/2017 | U.S. Appellee Submission |
| 12/19/2017 | Executive Summary of U.S. Appellee Submission |
