GD/177

United States - Unilateral Measures on Imports of Certain Japanese Products

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Other titles

Semiconductor Retaliation

Parties

Complainant
Japan
Respondent
United States
Third Parties

Products at Issue

Products at issue
Semi-conductors
Type of product
Non-agricultural
Product sub-type
Machinery; electrical and electronic equipment

Related disputes

GATT
Related GD
GD/170
WTO

Key legal aspects

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

Adjudicators

Type
Chairperson
Other members

Report

Type
Legal basis at issue
  • GATT Article XXIII:1
Claims at issue
Defences at issue
  • n.a.
No of Pages (total / legal reasoning)
  • -
  • -

Timeline

Request for consultations

Outcome

Outcome of the proceedings
Consultations held
Additional Info C/M/213 (26/10/1987) Minutes of Council Meeting (07/10/1987) Responding to the request for consultations from Japan (L/6159) "The United States believed that the measures were fully in accord with its international obligations and were justified by the lack of Japanese compliance with the bilateral semi-conductor arrangement."L/6289 (18/12/1987) Developments in the Trading System April 1987 - September 1987 - Note by the Secretariat: "The US Administration decided, in June 1987, to reduce some of the duties levied on Japanese television sets, personal computers and power tools, in recognition of the fact that the prices of Japanese semi-conductors on world markets had increased. In July 1987, the US Administration informed Japan that it could not lift the remaining tariffs on Japanese imports because data had shown adequate progress in market access had not been made and that Japanese dumping of semi-conductors was continuing."