Negotiating Group on Rules - Responses by the United States to Questions from Australia on Investigatory Procedures under the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Agreements - Submission by the United States

World Trade Organization TN/RL/W/71 18 March 2003 (03-1593) Negotiating Group on Rules Original: English RESPONSES BY THE UNITED STATES TO QUESTIONS FROM AUSTRALIA ON INVESTIGATORY PROCEDURES UNDER THE ANTI-DUMPING AND SUBSIDIES AGREEMENTS Submission by the United States The following communication, dated 17 March 2003, has been received from the Permanent Mission of the United States. _______________ The United States appreciates Australia's interest in the issues raised in our submission on investigatory procedures under the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Agreements (TN/RL/W/35). The United States provides the following responses to certain questions posed by Australia in document TN/RL/W/43. Under ADA Article 6.4/SCM Article 12.3, the United States notes that there is no definition of what is "timely" in regard to these opportunities to interested parties. What is the United States' view of the implication or relevance of "whenever prac