The following statements were made by the United States representative
at the January 23, 2004 meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body

Item 1. SURVEILLANCE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE DSB

A. UNITED STATES – ANTI-DUMPING ACT OF 1916: STATUS REPORT BY THE UNITED STATES (WT/DS136/14/ADD.22 - WT/DS162/17/ADD.22)

• The United States provided an additional status report in these disputes on January 12, 2004, in accordance with Article 21.6 of the DSU.

• As noted in the report, legislation repealing the 1916 Act is pending in both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. The House legislation has been scheduled for consideration by the relevant committee for action this month.

• The U.S. Administration is continuing to work with Congress to achieve further progress in resolving these disputes with the European Communities and Japan.

Item 1. SURVEILLANCE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE DSB

B. UNITED STATES – SECTION 211 OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 1998: STATUS REPORT BY THE UNITED STATES (WT/DS176/11/ADD.15)

• The United States provided a status report in this dispute on January 12, 2004, in accordance with Article 21.6 of the DSU.

• On December 19, 2003, the United States and the European Communities informed the DSB that they agreed to extend the reasonable period of time to implement the recommendations and rulings in this dispute until December 31, 2004.

• The United States Administration will continue to work with the U.S. Congress with respect to appropriate statutory measures that would resolve this matter.

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C. UNITED STATES – ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES ON CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED STEEL PRODUCTS FROM JAPAN: STATUS REPORT BY THE UNITED STATES (WT/DS184/15/ADD.15)

The United States provided a status report in this dispute on January 12, 2004, in accordance with Article 21.6 of the DSU.

On December 10, 2003, the DSB extended the reasonable period of time to implement the recommendations and rulings in this dispute until July 31, 2004.

The Administration will continue to work with the U.S. Congress to address the recommendations and rulings of the DSB that were not addressed by November 23, 2002.

Item 1. SURVEILLANCE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE DSB

E. UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000: STATUS REPORT BY THE UNITED STATES (WT/DS217/16 – WT/DS234/24)

The United States provided a status report on January 12, 2004, in accordance with Article 21.6 of the DSU.

As noted in the report, on June 19, 2003, legislation to bring the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act into conformity with U.S. WTO obligations was introduced in the U.S. Senate (S. 1299). In addition, the U.S. Administration proposed repeal of this Act in its budget proposal for fiscal year 2004. This remains the position of the Administration.

The U.S. Administration is continuing to work with Congress to achieve further progress in resolving these disputes with the complaining parties.

Item 2. UNITED STATES - COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATION ON DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY SEMICONDUCTORS (DRAMS) FROM KOREA

A. REQUEST FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PANEL BY KOREA (WT/DS296/2)

Madam Chair, we will not repeat the points made at the last meeting of the DSB concerning this matter. We continue to be disappointed that Korea has chosen to pursue this matter further by requesting the establishment of a panel, and that Korea has declined to cure the procedural defects regarding its panel request.

We are confident that the panel will find that the determinations made by U.S. authorities in the DRAMS investigation are consistent with U.S. WTO obligations.