WTO Dispute Settlement Body Lays Out Agenda for May 31 Meeting
The World Trade Organization published the agenda for the May 31 meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body. It includes U.S. status reports on the implementation of recommendations adopted by the DSB on the following: antidumping measures on certain hot-rolled steel products from Japan; antidumping and countervailing measures on large residential washers from South Korea; certain methodologies and their application to antidumping proceedings involving China; and Section 110(5) of the U.S. Copyright Act. A status report is also expected from Indonesia on measures relating to the import of horticultural products, animals and animal products, and from the EU on measures affecting the approval and marketing of biotech products.
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A dispute settlement panel will issue its report over certain import restrictions from Costa Rica on avocados from Mexico while another panel will lay out its findings on the EU's safeguard measures on certain steel products. Numerous countries, excluding the U.S., will propose nominations for a list of governmental and nongovernmental panelists to serve on the DSB.
Much of the agenda is similar to the one for the April 27 meeting (see 2204220028).