WTO Dispute Settlement Body Lays Out Agenda for March 28 Meeting

The World Trade Organization published the agenda for the March 28 meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body. It includes U.S. status reports on the implementation of recommendations adopted by the DSB on: antidumping measures on certain hot-rolled steel products from Japan; antidumping and countervailing measures on large residential washers from South Korea; certain methodologies and their application to antidumping proceedings involving China; and Section 110(5) of the U.S. Copyright Act. Status reports also are expected from the EU on measures affecting the approval and marketing of biotech products and from Indonesia on importation of horticultural products, animals and animal products.

A dispute settlement panel will provide its report on the U.S.'s safeguard measures on imports of large residential washers. Also, numerous countries, excluding the U.S., are proposing appellate body appointments.