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25 January 2022  
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CHINA — ANTI -DUMPING MEASURES ON STAINLESS STEEL PRODUCTS FROM JAPAN   
CONSTITUTION OF THE PANEL ESTABLISHED AT THE REQUEST OF JAPAN  
Note by the Secretariat  
1. At its meeting on 27 September 2021 , the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB )1 established a 
panel pursuant to the request of Japan  in document WT/DS 601/2, in accordance with Article  6 of 
the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governi ng the Settlement of Disputes ( DSU). 
 
2. The Panel's terms of reference are the following:  
 
To ex amine, in the light of the relevant provisions of the covered agreements cited by 
the parties to the dispute, the matter referred t o the DSB by Japan  in document 
WT/DS 601/2 and to make such findings as will assist the DSB in making the 
recommendations or i n giving the rulings pr ovided for in those agreements.  
3. On 13 January 2022 , Japan  requested the Director -General to de termine the composition of 
the Panel, pursuant to Article 8 .7 of the DSU. This paragraph provides:  
 
If there is no agreement on the pane lists within 20 days after the date of the 
establishment of a panel, at the request of either party, the Director -General, in 
consultation with the Chairman of the DSB and the Chairman of the relevant Council or 
Committee, shall determine the composition o f the panel by appointing the panelists 
whom the Director -General considers most appropriate in accordance with any relevant 
special or additional rules or procedures of the covered agreement or covered 
agreements which are at issue in the dispute, after c onsulting wi th the parties to the 
dispute. The Chairman of the DSB shall inform the Members of the composition of the 
panel thus formed no later than 10 days after the date the Chairman recei ves such a 
request.  
4. On 24 January 2022 , the Director -General a ccordingly composed the Panel as follows:  
 
 Chairperson:  Mr José Luis P érez Gabilondo  
 
 Members:   Ms Keisha -Ann Thompson  
    Mr Jose Antonio Buencamino  
 
5. Australia, Brazil, Canada, the European Union, India, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, the 
Russian Federation, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Chinese Taipei, the United States, and Viet Nam  
have reserved their rights to participate in the Pane l proceedings as third parties.  
 
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1 DSB, Minutes of the meeting held on 27 September 2021 , WT/DSB/M/456 , para. 5.4. 