Negotiating Group on Rules - Comments by Australia on the United States' Paper on Certain Major Issues under the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Agreements (Document TN/RL/W/72)

TN/RL/W/125 World Trade Organization TN/RL/W/125 16 June 2003 (03-3193) Negotiating Group on Rules Original: English COMMENTS BY AUSTRALIA ON THE UNITED STATES’ PAPER ON CERTAIN MAJOR ISSUES UNDER THE ANTI-DUMPING AND SUBSIDIES AGREEMENTS (DOCUMENT TN/RL/W/72) The following communication, dated 13 June 2003, has been received from the Permanent Mission of Australia. _______________ Australia wishes to thank the United States for this latest contribution identifying additional areas for clarification and improvement which was tabled at the February 2003 session of the Negotiating Group on Rules. A number of these issues have not posed concerns in practice for Australian customs authorities. However, Australia recognizes in a number of the issues the United States has raised in this paper that there may be a lack of clarity in the WTO Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Agreements in the application and practice of provisions. Those areas identified