WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS248/8
27 March 2002
(02-1575)
Original:  Spanish
UNITED STATES – DEFINITIVE SAFEGUARD MEASURES
ON IMPORTS OF CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS
Request to Join Consultations
Communication from Mexico
The following communication, dated 22 March 2002, from the Permanent Mission of Mexico
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 Article 4.11 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the
Settlement of Disputes, I have the honour to inform you that Mexico wishes to be joined in the
consultations requested by the European Communities in document WT/DS248/1, "United States –
Definitive Safeguard Measures on Imports of Cert ain Steel Products", circulated on 13 March 2002.
Mexico considers that it has a substantial trade interest in this matter, as the European
Communities are invoking non-respect of the requirement of parallelism between the scope of theimported products subject to the investigation and the scope of the imported products subject to the
application of the measures and discrimination on grounds of product source.
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