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VI. TRADE DISPUTES AND CONSULTATIONS
1. TheDominican Republic hasnostatutory domestic procedures forconducting consultations
ornegotiations withtrading partners incaseoftrade disputes. According totheGovernment, the
GATT/WTO dispute settlement procedures canbeusedforsettling disputes ininternational trade.
(1) GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement
2. TheDominican Republic hasbeeninvolved, asacomplainant, inonlyoneGATT dispute
settlement case. Nodispute settlement cases havebeenregistered against theDominican Republic.
3. Theonlydispute settlement caseinitiated inApril 1982bytheDominican Republic, together
withnineother countries1,under Article XXIII oftheGATT concerned theEEC sugar régime.2
4. TheDominican Republic hasnever beeninvolved, asadefendant orcomplainant, indispute
settlement cases under theTokyo Round Agreements.
(2) Dispute Settlement outside GATT/WTO
5. TheDominican Republic hasnoframework fortheresolution oftrade disputes withother
countries outside theGATT/WTO system.
1These were Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, India, Nicaragua, Peru andthePhilippines.
2GATT documents L/5309 andAdds., andC/M/161.Dominican Republic WT/TPR/S/11
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