Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Measures on Large Residential Washers from Korea

On August 29, 2013, Korea requested consultations with the United States concerning antidumping and countervailing measures relating to large residential washers from Korea. Korea claims that the measures identified in its request for consultations are inconsistent with:

•Articles 1, 2.1, 2.4, 2.4.2, 5.8, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 11 and 18.4 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement;

•Articles 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 10, 14 and 19.4 of the SCM Agreement;

•Articles VI, VI:1, VI:2 and VI:3 of the GATT 1994; and

•Article XVI:4 of the WTO Agreement.

Panel and Appellate Body proceedings On December 5, 2013, Korea requested the establishment of a panel. On January 22, 2014, the DSB established a panel. Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, India, Japan, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam reserved their third-party rights. Following a request by Korea, the Director-General composed the panel on September 24, 2014.

Panel Proceedings

Brief Date	Brief Description
07/03/2015	U.S. Comments on Korea’s Responses to the Panel’s Second Set of Questions to the Parties Related to Countervailing Duty Issues
06/19/2015	U.S. Responses to the Panel’s Second Set of Questions to the Parties Related to Countervailing Duty Issues
05/27/2015	Executive Summary of the U.S. Opening Statement at the Second Substantive Meeting of the Panel
05/21/2015	U.S. Closing Statement at the Second Substantive Meeting of the Panel
05/20/2015	U.S. Opening Statement at the Second Substantive Meeting of the Panel
04/24/2015	Executive Summary of Second Written Submission of the United States
04/17/2015	Second Written Submission of the United States
03/31/2015	U.S. Responses to the Panel’s First Set of Questions to the Parties
03/18/2015	Executive Summary of U.S. Opening Statement at the First Panel Meeting
03/10/2015	U.S. Opening Statement at the First Panel Meeting
12/01/2014	U.S. Executive Summary of the First Written Submission
11/24/2014	First Written Submission of the United States

 

Appellate Proceedings

Brief Date	Brief Description
06/20/2016	U.S. Opening Statement at the Oral Hearing
05/09/2016	U.S. Appellee Submission
04/19/2016	U.S. Appellant Submission

Recourse to Article 21.3(c) of the DSU: Arbitration

Brief Date	Brief Description
03/09/2017	U.S. Oral Statement
02/02/2017	U.S. Written Submission
02/02/2017	Executive Summary of U.S. Written Submission

 

Recourse to Article 22.6 of the DSU by the United States

Brief Date	Brief Description
09/03/2018	U.S. Comments on Korea’s Answers to Arbitrator’s Additional Questions Following the Meeting with the Arbitrator
08/29/2018	U.S. Answers to Arbitrator’s Additional Questions Following the Meeting with the Arbitrator
07/05/2018	U.S. Executive Summary
06/28/2018	U.S. Comments on Korea’s Answers to Arbitrator Questions Following the Substantive Meeting
06/21/2018	U.S. Answers to Arbitrator Questions Following the Substantive Meeting
06/06/2018	U.S. Closing Statement at the Meeting with the Arbitrator
06/05/2018	U.S. Opening Statement at the Meeting with the Arbitrator
5/14/2018	U.S. Answers to Advance Questions from the Arbitrator
03/23/2018	U.S. Written Submission