European Union – Safeguard Measures on Certain Steel Products

Request for the Establishment of a Panel by Turkey

The following communication, dated 16 July 2020, from the delegation of Turkey to the Chairperson of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated pursuant to Article 6.2 of the DSU.

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On 13 March 2020, the Government of Turkey ("Turkey") requested consultations with the European Union pursuant to Articles 1 and 4 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes ("DSU"), Article XXIII:1 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 ("GATT 1994") and Article 14 of the Agreement on Safeguards, concerning the provisional and definitive safeguard measures imposed by the European Union on imports of certain steel products and the investigation that led to the imposition of those measures.