United States – Certain measures on steel and aluminium products

Report of the panel

Appendices

This supplement contains Appendices A and B to the Report of the Panel to be found in document WT/DS564/R.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Appendix A: Materials submitted by the parties on Uruguay Round Negotiations of the Agreement On Safeguards. 4

1   Introduction.. 5

2   Arguments and materials submitted by parties. 5

2.1   June 1989 draft text 5

2.2   January 1990 draft text 5

2.3   July 1990 draft text 5

2.4   October 1990 draft text 6

2.5   Draft Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round (20 December 1991) 6

2.6   Arguments by the parties. 7

3   Assessment by the Panel. 8

Appendix B: Materials submitted by the parties on the interpretation of  Article XXI of the GATT 1994. 11

1   Introduction.. 15

2   Negotiations of the ITO Charter and the GATT 1947. 15

2.1   Arguments and materials submitted by the parties. 15

2.1.1   October 1946 proposal 16

2.1.2   March 1947 Draft Text 17

2.1.3   May 1947 proposal 17

2.1.4   4 July 1947 proposal 18

2.1.5   24 July 1947 meeting. 19

2.1.6   31 July 1947 and 19 August 1947 Draft Texts. 21

2.1.7   "An Informal Summary of the ITO Charter" (21 November 1947) 22

2.2   Assessment by the Panel 23

3   Negotiations of the ITO charter in 1948. 27

3.1   Arguments and materials submitted by the parties. 27

3.1.1   9 January 1948 – Report of Working Party of Sub-Committee G of Committee VI on Chapter VIII (Settlement of Differences – Interpretation) 27

3.1.2   13 January 1948 – Meeting of Sixth Committee: Organization, Sub-Committee on
Chapter VIII (Settlement of Differences – Interpretation) 28

3.1.3   16 January 1948 – Amendment to Article 94 proposed by the UK Delegation. 29

3.1.4   17 January 1948 – Meeting of Sub-Committee I (Article 94), Sixth Committee: Organization. 30

3.1.5   28 February 1948 – Meeting of Sub-Committee I (Article 94), Sixth Committee: Organization. 31

3.2   Assessment by the Panel 32

4   Internal documents of the US delegation at the ITO/GATT 1947 negotiations. 34

4.1   Arguments and materials submitted by the parties. 34

4.1.1   US Department of State, Memorandum of Conversation on "Security Exceptions to proposed ITO Charter" (17 June 1946) 35

4.1.2   US Delegation, Economic Disarmament (Draft) (1946) 35

4.1.3   US Delegation, Letter from Mr Coppock to Mr Wilcox (3 July 1946) 36

4.1.4   US Delegation, Minutes of the Delegation Meeting (2 July 1947) 36

4.1.5   US Delegation, Minutes of the Delegation Meeting (4 July 1947) 38

4.1.6   US Delegation, Memorandum of Mr Rubin (14 July 1947) 40

4.2   Assessment by the Panel 42

5   DECISION OF the CONTRACTING PARTIES IN us  EXPORT RESTRICTIONS (CZECHOSLOVAKIA) (1949). 44

5.1   Arguments and materials submitted by the parties. 44

5.1.1   Request of Czechoslovakia for a decision under Article XXIII of the GATT 1947. 45

5.1.2   Statements by Czechoslovakia and the United States. 45

5.1.3   Debate and Decision of the CONTRACTING PARTIES. 46

5.2   Assessment by the Panel 49

6   Decision of the GATT CONTRACTING PARTIES concerning Article XXI of
the GATT 1947 (1982). 51

6.1   Arguments and materials submitted by the parties. 51

6.1.1   GATT CONTRACTING PARTIES, Decision Concerning Article XXI of the General
Agreement (30 November 1982) 52

6.2   Assessment by the Panel 53

7   Views of the GATT contracting parties in connection with prior invocations of Article XXI of the GATT 1947. 54

7.1   Arguments and materials submitted by the parties. 54

7.1.1   Ghana's reference to measures taken pursuant to Article XXI in the context of the
accession of Portugal to the GATT. 54

7.1.2   The United Arab Republic's reference to Article XXI in the context of its accession to
the GATT. 55

7.1.3   Invocation of Article XXI of the GATT 1947 by the European Communities, Canada,
and Australia in relation to certain measures affecting Argentina. 55

7.1.4   Invocation of Article XXI of the GATT 1947 by the United States in relation to certain measures affecting Nicaragua. 59

7.2   Assessment by the Panel 62

8   Uruguay Round negotiations. 63

8.1   Arguments and materials submitted by the parties. 63

8.1.1   Proposals regarding Article XXI at the Negotiating Group on GATT Articles. 64

8.1.2   The drafting of security exceptions in the GATS and in the TRIPS Agreement 66

8.1.3   Negotiations of the DSU. 70

8.1.4   The formulation of security exceptions in international agreements concluded
after 1947. 71

8.2   Assessment by the Panel 71