WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS151/9
14 January 1999
(99-0134)
Original:  English
UNITED STATES - MEASURES AFFECTING TEXTILES
AND APPAREL PRODUCTS (II)
Request to Join Consultations
Communication from India
The following communication, dated 7 December 1998, from the Permanent Mission of India
to the Permanent Mission of the United States, the Permanent Delegation of the European
Commission and to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated in accordance withArticle 4.11 of the DSU.
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Pursuant to the procedure laid down in Article 4.11 of the Understanding on Rules and
Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes, I ndia wishes to join in the consultations requested
by the European Communities under Article 4.4 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures
Governing the Settlement of Disputes and Article XXII of GATT 1994 regarding changes by the US
to its rules of origin for textile and apparel products.
Being a major textile exporting country, India believes it has substantial trade interest in the
consultations requested by the European Communities.
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