Negotiating Group on Rules - Proposal on Cumulation - Communication from Brazil, Switzerland, Thailand

World Trade Organization TN/RL/GEN/51 1 July 2005 (05-2837) Negotiating Group on Rules Original: English PROPOSAL ON CUMULATION Communication from Brazil, Switzerland, Thailand The following communication, dated 30 June 2005, is being circulated at the request of the Delegations of Brazil, Switzerland and Thailand. The submitting delegations have requested that this paper, which was submitted to the Rules Negotiating Group as an informal document (JOB(05)/134), also be circulated as a formal document. _______________ Introduction 1. Based on their own experience, the co-sponsors have identified some deficiencies in the rule on cumulation contained in the Antidumping Agreement (ADA). 2. This rule, set forth in Article 3.3 of the ADA, plays an important role for any injury determination. Added in the Uruguay Round text as a last-minute change by a simple “copy and paste” from Article 15.3 of the Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Agreement