PROPOSED AGENDA
The following items are proposed for the Agenda:
1._
Notification of Regional Trade
Agreements
1.1. Türkiye – United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic
Partnership Agreement (CEPA), Goods and Services (_WT/REG492/N/1,
_S/C/N/1181)
1.2. Free Trade Agreement between the Eurasian
Economic Union and its Member States (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz
Republic, Russian Federation) and Iran, Goods (_WT/REG493/N/1)
1.3. Free Trade Agreement between the
EFTA States and the Republic of Moldova, Goods and Services – Entry into
Force for the Republic of Moldova and Liechtenstein, and Switzerland (_WT/REG490/N/3,
_S/C/N/1171/Add.2)
1.4. Interim Trade Agreement between the
European Union and Chile, Goods and Services (_WT/REG494/N/1,
_S/C/N/1184)
1.5. Association Agreement between the European
Union and Chile, Goods and Services – Termination of Agreement (_WT/REG164/N/2,
_S/C/N/360/Add.1)
Notification of Changes to Existing RTAs
1.6. Free Trade
Agreement between the EFTA States and North Macedonia, Goods (_WT/REG117/N/1/Add.5)
1.7. Free Trade Agreement between the
EFTA States and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Goods (_WT/REG360/N/1/Add.1,
_WT/REG360/N/1/Add.2)
2. Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the
European Union: Procedures under Article XXVIII:3 of GATT 1994 –
Communication from the European Union (_G/L/1385/Add.8)
3. Members' Non-Responsiveness to Questions
Posed by Other Members – Request from the United States (See Annex 1)
4. Members' Non-Notification of Items Pursuant
to Certain WTO Agreements – Request from the United States (See
Annex 2)
5. United States – Request for a Waiver –
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (as Amended) (_G/C/W/870)
6. Communications from the United States in
Response to the Notifications by the European Union, India, Japan, and the
United Kingdom Proposing to Suspend Concessions under Article 8.2 of the
Agreement on Safeguards – Request from the United States (_G/C/W/863,
_G/C/W/864,
_G/C/W/865,
_G/C/W/866)
7. Fragmentation of Global Trade Through
Tariffs and the Global Costs – Request from Canada, the European Union, and
Norway
8. Improving the Functioning of the Council
for Trade in Goods
8.1. Report
by the Chairperson on His Consultations with Members (_JOB/CTG/70)
8.2. Draft
Decision on the Recording of the Resolution of Trade Concerns (_JOB/CTG/64/Rev.1)
Trade Concerns:
New Trade
Concerns
9. India – Cotton Bales (Quality Control
Order) 2023 – Request from Australia
Previously
Raised Trade Concerns
10. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Bahrain,
United Arab Emirates, the State of Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar – Selective Tax on
Certain Imported Products (ID 120) – Request from the European Union,
Switzerland, and the United States
11. European Union – Proposal for a Regulation of
the European Parliament and of the Council on Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases
(F-gas), Amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 and Repealing Regulation
(EU) No. 517/2014 (COM (2022) (ID 224) – Request from Japan
and the United States
12. European Union – Commission Regulation
(EU) 2023/334 Regarding Maximum Residue Levels for Clothianidin and
Thiamethoxam in or on Certain Products (ID 200) – Request from Australia,
Colombia, Indonesia, and the United States
13. European Union – Implementation of Non‑Tariff
Barriers on Agricultural Products (ID 137) – Request from Australia,
Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Paraguay, the United
States, and Uruguay
14. China – Administrative Measures for
Registration of Overseas Producers of Imported Foods (ID 174) – Request
from the United States
15. Egypt – Halal Certification Requirements for
Imported Food and Beverage Products (ID 191) – Request from the European
Union and the United States
16. China – Cosmetics Supervision and
Administration Regulations (CSAR) (ID 169) – Request from the European
Union, Japan, and the United States
17. Indonesia – Commodity Balance Mechanism and
Import Restricting Policies and Practices (ID 173) – Request from Canada,
the European Union, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United
States
18. France – Revised Electric Vehicle
(EV) Subsidy Scheme (ID 210) – Request from the Republic of Korea
19. Indonesia – Export Restricting Policies and
Practices (ID 51) – Request from the European Union and Japan
20. European Union – Quality Schemes for
Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs – The Registration of Certain Terms of
Cheese as Geographical Indications (ID 119) – Request from New Zealand and
Uruguay
21. European Union – Carbon Border Adjustment
Mechanism (ID 148) – Request from China and Indonesia
22. European Union – Deforestation Free
Commodities (ID 203) – Request from Colombia, Indonesia, Paraguay, the
Russian Federation, and Thailand
23. Peru – Tax Treatment of Pisco (ID 211) –
Request from the European Union and the United Kingdom
24. United States – Import Restrictions on Apples
and Pears (ID 146) – Request from the European Union
25. China – Export Control Law and Restrictions
on Trade in Strategic Products (ID 112) – Request from the European Union
and Japan
26. India – Import Policies on Tyres
(ID 165) – Request from the European Union, the Separate Customs Territory
of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, and Thailand
27. India – Implementation of Conformity
Assessment Policy through Quality Control Orders (QCOs) in Various Sectors
(ID 206) – Request from the European Union and the United Kingdom
28. Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan,
New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States –
Unilateral Trade Restrictive Measures against Russia (ID 189) – Request
from the Russian Federation
29. India – Restrictions on Imports of Certain
Pulses (ID 125) – Request from Australia, Canada, and the European Union
30. European Union – The European Green Deal
(ID 171) – Request from the Russian Federation
31. Philippines – Export Restrictions on Minerals
in Their Raw Form (ID 226) – Request from Japan
32. China – Draft Revision of Chinese Government
Procurement Law (ID 202) – Request from Japan
33. Hong Kong, China; Macao, China; and the
Russian Federation – Restriction on Imports of Aquatic Products from Japan
after Discharge of ALPS Treated Water into the Sea (ID 212) – Request
from Japan
34. European Union – Proposed Modification of
TRQ Commitments: Systemic Concerns (ID 127) – Request from Uruguay
35. United Kingdom – Draft Goods Schedule and
Proposed UK TRQ Commitments: Systemic Concerns (ID 145) –
Request from Uruguay
36. United States – Reciprocal Tariffs and Other
Tariff Measures (ID 227) – Request from China
37. United States – New Section 301 Tariffs
on Certain Goods from China and New Investigation on Maritime, Logistics, and
Shipbuilding industry of China (ID 219) – Request from China
38. United States – A Series of Disruptive Policy
Measures on the Global Semiconductor Industry Chain and Supply Chain
(ID 195) – Request from China
39. United States – Disruptive and Restrictive
Measures in the Name of National Security (ID 205) – Request from China
40. European Union – Regulation
(EU) 2017/2321 and Regulation (EU) 2018/825 (ID 144) – Request
from the Russian Federation
41. India – Import Restriction on Air
Conditioners (ID 161) – Request from Thailand
42. India – Measures That May Have Unintended
Results Equivalent to Quantitative Restrictions on the Import of Wooden Boards
and Viscose Staple Fibre (ID 225) – Request from Thailand
43. Panama – Import Restricting Practices
(ID 155) – Request from Costa Rica
44. Other Business
44.1. Tentative Annual Plan of Meetings – Subsidiary Bodies of the
Council for Trade in Goods (_JOB/CTG/68)
44.2. Date of Next Meeting
Annex 1
Agenda Item 3
Members'
Non-Responsiveness to Questions Posed by Other Members –
Request from the United States