NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5 AND 32.6 OF THE AGREEMENTS

Questions Posed by Türkİye Regarding
the Notification of the United States[1]

The following communication, dated and received on 22 November 2024, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Türkiye.

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Türkiye thanks the United States for its notification providing the Regulations Improving and Strengthening the Enforcement of Trade Remedies Through the Administration of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws conducted by the US' Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce (89 Fed. Reg. 20766 (Mar. 25, 2024)), and poses the following questions, which were raised in the regular meeting of the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures held on 29 October 2024:

Question 1

How can a transnational subsidy concept be used for "bilateral economic partnerships" between member states while there is room for Members in the WTO for regional trade agreements, bilateral investment agreements, etc.?

Question 2

How can transnational subsidy concept be differentiated from other "out of a territory" loans such as World Bank loans, EBRD loans, etc.?

Question 3

From the amendment in your legislation, we understand that the United States found a place for transnational subsidies in the subsidy investigations. This issue is not specifically regulated in the SCM Agreement. Which articles of the SCM Agreement does the United States base this amendment on?

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