WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/49/Suppl.3
7 June 2002
(02-3164)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  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
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Supplement
The following communication, dated 5 June 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of China.
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I refer to your letter dated 24 May 2002, within which Japan requested immediate
consultations with China pursuant to paragraph 4 of Article 12 of the Agreement on Safeguards with
respect to China's application of provisional safeguard measures on certain steel products under
Article 6 of the Agreement on Safeguards.
I am instructed to inform you that China is r eady to hold consultations with Japan pursuant to
paragraph 4 of Article 12 of the Agreement on Safeguards.  China proposes to hold consultations
within the week starting from 17 June, preferably on 18 June 2002 in Beijing.
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