GD/261

Canada - Anti-dumping Duties on Imports of Beer from the United States

Other titles

AD Duties on US beer

Parties

Complainant
Respondent
Third Parties

Products at Issue

Products at issue
Beer
Type of product
Agricultural
Product sub-type
Alcoholic beverages

Related disputes

GATT
WTO

Key legal aspects

Legal basis
  • AD Article 15:2
Claims raised
  • AD Article 2:6
  • AD Article 4:1(ii)
Defences raised
  • AD Article 2:1

Adjudicators

Type Panel
Chairperson Peter Hamilton (New Zealand)
Other members Andrés Espinosa (Colombia), Thomas Cottier (Switzerland)

Report

Type Panel
Legal basis at issue
Claims at issue
Defences at issue
No of Pages (total / legal reasoning)

Timeline

Request for consultations
  • (24/12/1991)
Request for conciliation
Conciliation meeting
Request for establishment
Establishment
Composition
Mutually agreed solution
  • (28/07/1994)

Outcome

Outcome of the proceedings
Consultations held, mutually agreed solution
Additional Info ADP/M/45 (17/10/1994) Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices. Minutes of the Special Meeting Held on 28/07/1994. The Chairman of the Committee received a communicaiton from the Chairman of the Panel: Panel submitted its Report to the parties on 15/02/1994. The parties requested a delay in its circulation and then, through a joint letter, requested a suspension of the proceedings without the issuance of a report. Therefore, the Panel decided not to submit a report to the Committee, pending further notification from the parties. The Committee took note.