Negotiating Group on Rules - Comments by Australia on the United States' Paper on Subsidies Disciplines Requiring Clarification and Improvement (Document TN/RL/W/78)
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1 May 2003 (03-2321) Negotiating Group on Rules Original: English
COMMENTS BY AUSTRALIA ON THE UNITED STATES’ PAPER ON
SUBSIDIES DISCIPLINES REQUIRING CLARIFICATION AND IMPROVEMENT (DOCUMENT TN/RL/W/78)
The following communication, dated 30 April 2003, has been received from the Permanent Mission of Australia.
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Australia thanks the United States for its extensive paper on subsidy disciplines and agrees that a number of issues merit further consideration. Australia would appreciate clarification on some aspects of the paper to assist in Members’ consideration and provides some preliminary reaction to a number of issues raised within the paper.
Prohibited Subsidies
The United States proposes that there be progressive deepening of subsidy disciplines through the expansion of the existing category of prohibited subsidies. It notes that the practices captured under the now-lapsed “dark amber”