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Rules Negotiations

WTO - Canada's Latest Submissions to the Rules Negotiating Group

With a view to helping to advance the work of the Negotiating Group, discussions took place in the Negotiating Group on Trade Rules on issues identified by members for negotiation.

In the context of these discussions, members were invited to submit documents on various previously identified matters. Canada submitted the following documents elaborating on specific issues identified in its earlier formal submissions:

• Proposed Amendments to Certain Provisions of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing measures [TN/TL/GEN/112] -
  April 21, 2006
• Procedures for Adversely Affected Domestic Interested Parties [TN/RL/GEN/111] - April 21, 2006
• Article 2: Profitability Test and Cost Allocations [TN/RL/GEN/951]
  (January 19, 2006)
• Public Interest [TN/RL/GEN85] (November 17, 2005)
• Benefit Pass-Through [TN/RL/GEN/86] (November 17, 2005)
• Product under Consideration [TN/RL/GEN/73] (October 17, 2005)
• Sunset Reviews [TN/RL/GEN/61] (September 15, 2005)
• Dispute Settlement [TN/RL/GEN/48] (June 30, 2005)
• Dispute Settlement [TN/RL/GEN/37] (March 23, 2005)
• Proposal on Like Product and Product under Consideration [TN/RL/GEN/26] (December 1, 2004)
• Explanation of Determinations and Decisions [TN/RL/GEN/21]
  (October 19, 2004)
• Serious Prejudice [TN/RL/GEN/14] (September 15, 2004)
• Benefit Pass-Through [TN/RL/GEN/7] (July 14, 2004)
• Specificity [TN/RL/GEN/6] (July 14, 2004)
• Duty Assessment Methodologies [TN/RL/GEN/3] (July 14, 2004)
• Improved Disciplines under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures [TN/RL/W/112] – (June 6, 2003)
• Submission from Canada Respecting the Agreement on Implementation of Article IV of the GATT 1994 (the Anti-Dumping Agreement) [TN/RL/W/47] – (January 28, 2003)
• Improved Disciplines under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures and the Anti-Dumping Agreement [TN/RL/W/1] – (April 15, 2002)

The submission of these documents was intended to stimulate informal technical discussions and did not preclude Canada from presenting further views on the issues concerned at a later stage.

Interested individuals who would like to present their views and comments on these papers are welcome to do so by submitting their remarks directly to consultations@international.gc.ca.

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