OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS
IN THE INTERNATIONAL TRADING ENVIRONMENT
Annual
Report by the DIRECTOR-GENERAL[1]
Corrigendum
Page 29, Table 3.6 should read
as follows:
Table
3.6 Initiations of countervailing duty investigations
(Counted on the basis of exporting
country affected)
|
Reporting Member
|
15 November 2011
to 30 September 2012
|
15 November 2012
to 30 September 2013
|
15 November 2013 to 30 September 2014
|
|
Australia
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
|
Brazil
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
|
Canada
|
6
|
4
|
11
|
|
China
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
Egypt
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
|
European Union
|
4
|
1
|
6
|
|
India
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Mexico
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
Pakistan
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
Peru
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
United States
|
9
|
11
|
15
|
|
Total
|
23
|
24
|
42
|
Source: WTO Secretariat.
Pages 29 and 30, paragraph
3.25 should read as follows:
3.25. Among the eleven Members using countervail
during the three periods examined, the United States,
which accounted for just under 40% of all initiations in these periods, initiated the most new
investigations. Canada, the second largest user, accounted for 24% of all new
investigations launched in the reporting periods. It also is worth noting that Egypt,
which was otherwise inactive in the first two periods, and the European Union, which
initiated one investigation in the second period, each launched six new
investigations in the current period. Increased countervail activity by these
four Members accounts for the notable increase in initiations reported in the
current period.
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[1] This report covers the period mid-November 2013 to mid-October
2014. It is presented pursuant to
Paragraph G of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism mandate and aims to assist the
Trade Policy Review Body to undertake its annual overview of developments in
the international trading environment that are having an impact on the
multilateral trading system. The report
is issued under the sole responsibility of the Director‑General. It has no legal effect on the rights and
obligations of Members, nor does it have any legal implications with respect to
the conformity of any measure noted in the report with any WTO Agreements or
any provisions thereof.