WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS152/6
14 December 1998
(98-5033)
Original:  English
UNITED STATES - SECTIONS 301-310 OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974
Request to Join Consultations
Communication from Jamaica
The following communication, dated 9 December 1998, from the Permanent Mission of
Jamaica 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 with
Article 4.11 of the DSU.
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The Permanent Mission of Jamaica to the World Trade Organization presents its compliments
to the Permanent Mission of the United States of  America to the WTO and hereby informs that the
Government of Jamaica takes note of the request of the European Communities (as indicated in WTO
Note WT/DS152/1 of 30 November 1998) for the holding of consultations with the Government of
the United States of America.
The Permanent Mission of Jamaica, notwithstanding and in light of its significant and
substantial interest in this matter, which arises as a result of the implementation problem of theBanana Dispute (WT/DS27) to which Jamaica is a third party, requests to be joined in these
consultations.
This request is without prejudice to the validity of the arguments adduced as set out in
WT/DS27/18 which remain to be decided by the DSB.
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