Minutes of the regular Meeting

held on 26 october 2021

Chair: ms noriko teranishi (Japan)

1.       The Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures ("Committee") held a regular meeting on 26 October 2021, convened in WTO/AIR/SCM/40 dated 15 October 2021.

2.       The United Kingdom requested to be included as the co-sponsor of the agenda items nine and ten.

3.       The Committee adopted the following agenda:

1   National legislation.. 2

1.1   Review of notifications of new or amended legislation or regulations
not previously reviewed by the Committee (including Supplemental Notifications
of existing provisions not previously reviewed) 2

1.1.1   India (G/SCM/N/1/IND/2/Suppl.12) 2

1.2   Review of notifications of new or amended legislation or regulations
with outstanding written questions. 2

1.2.1   Cameroon (G/ADP/N/1/CMR/1/Suppl.1 – G/SCM/N/1/CMR/1/Suppl.1 – G/SG/N/1/CMR/1/Suppl.1) 2

1.2.2   Saint Kitts and Nevis (G/ADP/N/1/KNA/1 – G/SCM/N/1/KNA/1) 3

2   National legislation – continuing review of legislative
notifications previously reviewed by the committee. 3

2.1   Peru (G/ADP/N/1/PER/2/Suppl.2 - G/SCM/N/1/PER/2/Suppl.2) and (G/ADP/N/1/PER/2/Suppl.3 - G/SCM/N/1/PER/2/Suppl.3) 3

2.2   Ghana (G/ADP/N/1/GHA/2 - G/SCM/N/1/GHA/2 - G/SG/N/1/GHA/2) 3

2.3   Kenya (G/ADP/N/1/KEN/3 - G/SCM/N/1/KEN/3 - G/SG/N/1/KEN/2) 3

3   semi-annual reports of COUNTERVAILING DUTY actions
(article 25.11) – g/scm/n/379 and G/SCM/N/379/SUPPL.1. 4

4   PRELIMINARY AND FINAL COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS:
NOTIFICATIONS (ARTICLE 25.11). 9

5   ARTICLE 27.4 EXTENSIONS OF THE TRANSITION PERIOD FOR
THE ELIMINATION OF EXPORT SUBSIDIES. 10

6   Improving the timeliness and completeness of
notifications and other information flows on
trade measures under the SCM Agreement. 10

7   article 25.8 questions to China on potential
steel subsidies – item requested by the European Union
and the united states. 14

8   subsidies and overcapacity – item requested by Canada,
the European Union, Japan, and the United States. 14

9   subsidy transparency and China's publication and
inquiry point obligations under China's protocol of accession
– item requested by Australia, Canada, the European Union,
Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 18

10   proposed amendment to procedures for review of new and full subsidy notifications – item requested by Canada, the European Union, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 20

11   other business. 22

12   date of next regular meeting. 22

13   annual report of the committee on subsidies and countervailing measures to the council for trade in goods (article 32.7). 22