RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/DS20/2
30November 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3824)
Original: English
KOREA -MEASURES CONCERNING BOTTLED WATER
Request toJoinConsultations under Article 4.11oftheDSU
Communication from theUnited States
Thefollowing communication, dated 23November 1995, fromtheOffice oftheUnited States
Trade Representative tothePermanent Mission ofCanada andthePermanent Mission oftheRepublic
ofKorea iscirculated attherequest oftheOffice oftheUnited States Trade Representative.
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Pursuant toparagraph 11ofArticle 4oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures Governing
theSettlement ofDisputes (DSU), theUnited States Government hereby notifies theDispute Settlement
Body that,inlightofthesubstantial trade interest oftheUnited States, itdesires tobejoined inthe
consultations under Article XXII:1 ofGATT 1994requested byCanada inacommunication circulated
toWTO Members on22November 1995(WT/DS20/1), entitled "Korea -Measures Concerning Bottled
Water."
TheUnited States hasasubstantial trade interest inthebottled water thatisthesubject of
Canada 'srequest. Korea isasubstantial market forUSbottled water exports. Korea isthesecond
largest market inAsiaandthefifthlargest market intheworld forUSexports ofbottled water. Korea
isalsooneofthefastest growing markets forUSbottled water exports, withsalesincreasing three-fold
from 1992 to1994.