Negotiating Group on Rules - Proposal on Like Product and Product under Consideration - Communication from Canada

World Trade Organization TN/RL/GEN/26 1 December 2004 (04-5233) Negotiating Group on Rules Original: English/ French PROPOSAL ON LIKE PRODUCT AND PRODUCT UNDER CONSIDERATION Communication from Canada The following communication, dated 30 November 2004, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of Canada. The submitting delegation has requested that this paper, which was submitted to the Rules Negotiating Group as an informal document (JOB(04)/181), also be circulated as a formal document. _______________ Introduction 1. In a previous submission to the Group, Canada noted that the definition of like product of Article 2.6 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement (ADA) and footnote 46 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (ASCM) would benefit from clarification in order to limit the scope of product types that can be considered as a single like product. Several other Members have also raised like p