WORLD TRADE WT/DS51/2
13August 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3233)
Original: English
BRAZIL -CERTAIN AUTOMOTIVE INVESTMENT MEASURES
Request toJoinConsultations
Communication from theRepublic ofKorea
Thefollowingcommunication,dated7August1996,fromthePermanentMissionoftheRepublic
ofKorea tothePermanent Missions ofBrazil andJapan andtotheDispute Settlement Body, iscirculated
inaccordance withArticle 4.11oftheDSU.
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Iamwriting toinform youthat,pursuant toparagraph 11ofArticle 4oftheUnderstanding
onRules andProcedures Governing theSettlement ofDisputes, theGovernment ofKorea wishes to
bejoined intheconsultations under Article XXII oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994
requested bytheGovernment ofJapan regarding theautomotive sector measures introduced bythe
Government ofBrazil inDecember 1995 inaccordance withProvisional Measure No.1235 and
Decree 1761, andhavebeensuccessively extended andmodified bytheGovernment ofBrazil. The
Government ofJapan'srequest wascirculated toWTO Members on6August 1996 (WT/DS51/1).
Korea, withsignificant automobile exports toBrazil, considers thatithasasubstantial trade
interest inthese consultations.