WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/49/Suppl.6
12 July 2002
(02-3904)
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 11 July 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of China.
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China hereby refers to the letter of Mexico dated 14 June 2002, as well as the notification of
Mexico to the Committee on Safeguards of the WTO on 20 June 2002 (document G/SG/49/Suppl.4),
within which Mexico requested immediate consultations with China pursuant to Articles 12.3 and
12.4 of the Agreement on Safeguards with respect to China's investigation and application of
provisional safeguard measures on certain steel products.
I am instructed to inform you that China is ready to hold consultations with Mexico pursuant
to Article 12.4 of the Agreement on Safeguards.  China proposes to hold consultations within the
week starting from 22 July 2002, preferably on 22 July 2002 in Beijing.
China notes that Mexico has also requested consultations under Article 12.3 of the Agreement
on Safeguards.  China would invite Mexico to explain why it considers Article 12.3 of the Agreement
on Safeguards to be applicable in the present circumstances and reserves its position on that issue.
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