Dispute Settlement DS057
21/05/2013 12:00
Australia — Textile, Clothing and Footwear Import Credit Scheme
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Complainant: | United States |
Respondent: | Australia |
Third Parties: | |
Agreements cited: (as cited in request for consultations) | Subsidies and Countervailing Measures: Art. 3 |
Request for Consultations received: | 7 October 1996 |
Consultations
Complaint by the United States.
This request, dated 7 October 1996, concerns a complaint by the US against subsidies being granted and maintained by Australia on leather products under the TCF scheme. A violation of Article 3 of the SCM Agreement is alleged. The US is also invoking Article 30 of the SCM Agreement to the extent that it incorporates by reference Article XXIII:1 of GATT 1994.