GD/227

United States - Measures under the Export Enhancement Programme Affecting Soya-Bean Oil Exports by Brazil

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Parties

Complainant
Brazil
Respondent
United States
Third Parties

Products at Issue

Products at issue
Soya-bean oil
Type of product
Agricultural
Product sub-type
Vegetable fats and oils

Related disputes

GATT
Related GD
GD/206
WTO

Key legal aspects

Legal basis
  • GATT Article XXIII:1
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Chairperson
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Type
Legal basis at issue
  • GATT Article XXIII:1
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Outcome

Outcome of the proceedings
Consultations held
Additional Info SCM/89 (31/08/1988) Request for Consultations from Brazil (15/08/1988) under SCM 12:1 "regarding the damage being done to Brazilian exporters of soya-bean oil by US Government funding of similar exports to the international market under its Export Enhancement Program - EEP." (Original not underlined)SCM/90 (14/11/1988) Communication from Brazil: Consultations were held on 27/09/1988 "with no mutually acceptable solution being reached."

DS13/1 Request for Consultations from Brazil (02/02/1990) under GATT XXIII:1 concerning the effects on Brazilian soya-bean exports of the US practices under the EEP. "On several occasions, in the past, Brazil expressed concern with such practices (...) but so far no concrete satisfactory result has been achieved. It is therefore a view to solving this problem that Brazil requests consultations, under the appropriate GATT dispute settlement mechanism (...)"