WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/49/Suppl.4
20 June 2002
(02-3434)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  Spanish/
                  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
MEXICO
Supplement
The following communication, dated 14 June 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Mexico.
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I refer to the notification dated 23 Ma y 2002 (G/SG/N/6/CHN/1, G/SG/N/7/CHN/1 and
G/SG/N/11/CHN/1) by the People's Republic of China to the WTO Committee on Safeguards
regarding the decision taken by the People's Republic of China to initiate a safeguard investigation
into imports of certain steel products and its decision to adopt provisional safeguard measures.
Mexico considers that it has a substantial interest as an exporter of the products covered by
the decisions, particularly with respect to the application of such measures to imports from Mexico of
seamless pipes, classified under tariff headings 7304.10.00, 7304.21.00 and 7304.29.00.  I therefore
request immediate consultations with the People's  Republic of China, pursuant to Articles 12.3 and
12.4 of the Agreement on Safeguards.
In light of the above, we look forward to r eceiving a prompt reply to this request and to
setting a mutually convenient date and place for the consultations, preferably in the city of Geneva,
Switzerland.  We would also be grateful to receive, in an official WTO language, a copy of the public
notice announcing the initiation of the investigation and the notice announcing the imposition ofprovisional safeguard measures.
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