WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/49/Suppl.7
25 July 2002
(02-4112)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English/
Spanish
PROVISIONAL SAFEGUARD MEASURE IMPOSED BY
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
ON CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS
Request for Consultations under Articles 12.3 and
12.4 of the Agreement on Safeguards
MEXICO
Supplement
The following communication, dated 18 July 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Mexico.
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I hereby refer to your communication dated 11 July 2002 in response to our request for
consultations of 14 June 2002.  In this respect, I wish to inform you that, given the urgency of holding
the consultations, Mexico accepts China's suggestion that consultations under Article 12.4 of the
Agreement on Safeguards be held on 22 July 2002 in Beijing, on the understanding that the Chineseauthorities will take all the necessary steps to grant the Mexican delegation access to the country.
Notwithstanding the above, Mexico regrets that China has taken almost one month to reply to
its request for consultations, particularly in a case of emergency measures, and reserves its position
with regard to the request under Article 12.3 of the Agreement on Safeguards.
We will contact the Chinese Mission with a view to agreeing the exact time and place for
these consultations.
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