WORLD TRADE WT/DS90/2
30July1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3234)
Original: English
INDIA -QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS ONIMPORTS OF
AGRICULTURAL, TEXTILE AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
Request toJoinConsultations
Communication from Japan
Thefollowing communication, dated 25July1997, from thePermanent Mission ofJapan to
thePermanentMissionoftheUnitedStates,thePermanentMissionofIndiaandtotheDisputeSettlement
Body, iscirculated inaccordance withArticle 4.11oftheDSU.
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Pursuant toparagraph 11ofArticle 4oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures Governing
theSettlement ofDisputes (DSU), theGovernment ofJapan hereby notifies theGovernment ofIndia
that,inlightofthesubstantial trade interest ofJapan, itdesires tobejoined intheconsultations under
Article XXII:1 ofGATT 1994 requested bytheGovernment oftheUnited States inacommunication
circulatedtoWTOMemberson22July1997(WT/DS90/1,G/L/172,G/AG/GEN/5,G/LIC/D/6)entitled
"India -Quantitative Restrictions onImports ofAgricultural, Textile andIndustrial Products".