WORLD TRADE WT/DS65/2
27January 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0246)
Original: English
BRAZIL -CERTAIN MEASURES AFFECTING TRADE AND INVESTMENT
INTHE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR
Communication from Brazil
Thefollowing communication, dated 20January 1997, fromthePermanent Mission ofBrazil
tothePermanent Mission oftheUnited States andtheDispute Settlement Body, iscirculated atthe
request ofthePermanent Mission ofBrazil.
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With reference toyour letter dated 10January 1997, inwhich theUnited States requests
consultations withtheGovernment ofBrazil regarding certain measures ontheautomotive sector, I
hereby inform youthat,inaccordance withArticle 4.2oftheDSU, theGovernment ofBrazil isready
toafford adequate opportunity forsuchconsultations, intheunderstanding thatthegeneral rulesand
procedures oftheDSU areapplicable tothisrequest.
Inaccepting toholdconsultations withtheUnited States ontheabove-referred issue, the
Government ofBrazil wishes tounderscore theprovisions inArticle 3,paragraphs 7and10ofthe
DSU, relating tothepreference tobegiven tomutually acceptable solutions andtothenon-contentious
character oftheprocedures contained intheDSU. TheGovernment ofBrazil alsowishes tostatethat
theholding ofconsultations withtheUnited States doesnot,inanyway, imply acceptance, bythe
Government ofBrazil, ofthealleged violations ofprovisions cited intherequest forconsultations
contained inyourletter dated 10January 1997.
TheGovernment ofBrazil suggests thattheconsultations beheldinthelatter partoftheweek
beginning on27January 1997, inGeneva.