WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/49/Suppl.2
7 June 2002
(02-3159)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
PROVISIONAL SAFEGUARD MEASURE IMPOSED BY THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS
Request for Consultations under Article 12.4
of the Agreement on Safeguards
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Supplement
The following communication, dated 5 June 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of China.
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I refer to your letter dated 29 May 2002, within which Korea requested consultations with
China pursuant to paragraph 4 of Article 12 of the Agreement on Safeguards with respect to China's
application of provisional safeguard measures on certain steel products under Article 6 of the
Agreement on Safeguards.
I am instructed to inform you that China is ready to hold consultations with the Republic of
Korea pursuant to paragraph 4 of Article 12  of the Agreement on Safeguards.  China proposes to hold
consultations within the week starting from 17 June, preferably on 20 June 2002 in Beijing.
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