GATT Disputes

GD/207

United States - Import Restrictions on Certain Products from Brazil

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Parties

Complainant	Brazil
Respondent	United States
Third Parties

Products at Issue

Products at issue	Pharmaceuticals
Type of product	Non-agricultural
Product sub-type	Pharmaceutical and chemical products

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Key legal aspects

Legal basis	GATT Article XXIII:1
Claims raised	GATT Article I GATT Article II
Defences raised	n.a.

Adjudicators

Type	Panel
Chairperson	Peter S. Lai (Malaysia)
Other members	Meinhard Hilf (Germany, Fed. Rep.), Johannes N. Feij (Netherlands)

Report

Type	Panel
Legal basis at issue	GATT Article XXIII:1
Claims at issue
Defences at issue	n.a.

No of Pages (total / legal reasoning)
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Timeline

Request for consultations	L/6386 (22/08/1988)
Request for establishment	L/6386/Add.1 (06/12/1988)
Establishment	C/M/234 (06/09/1990 - 06/10/1990) C/M/229 (21/02/1989)
Composition	C/169 (26/09/1989)
Mutually agreed solution	C/169/Add.1 (04/09/1990)
Request withdrawn	C/169/Add.1 (04/09/1990)

Outcome

Outcome of the proceedings	Consultations held, mutually agreed solution, request withdrawn
Additional Info	n.a.