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G/SCM/Q1/GBR/9  
G/SG/Q1/GBR/11  
 
24 January 2023  
(23-0596) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Anti -Dumping Practices  
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER  
ARTICLES 18.5, 32.6, AND 12.6 OF THE AGREEMENTS  
FOLLOW -UP QUESTIONS POSED BY CANADA  
REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION S OF THE UNITED KINGDOM1,2,3 
The following communication dated and received on 24 January 2023, is being circulated at the 
request of the delegation of Canada.  
 
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Canada would like to thank the United Kingdom for the notified supplements  (footnotes 1 -3), and 
would like to pose the following questions:  
I. Supplement pertaining to Section 74 of the Finance A ct 20221 
Question  1 
Section 74(3) posits that in the event that  the Secretary of State decides whether to vary, maintain, 
or revoke a tariff rate quota, anti -dumping amount or countervailing duty amount, or replace a tariff 
rate quota with an additional import duty, that the "functions of the TRA that would otherwise be 
exercisable in relation to the matters under review or reconsideration cease to be exercisable by the 
TRA" and that "the Secretary of State 's decision need not be based on a recommendation or decision 
of the TRA in relation to the matters under review o r reconsideration. " 
Could the United Kingdom please explain how these provisions uphold the requirements under the 
Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures , the Anti-Dumping Agreement , and the 
Agreement on Safeguards  for investigations to be undertaken and a determination made by a 
relevant investigating authority?  
II. Supplement pertaining to the Trade Remedies (Review and Reconsideration of  
Transitioned Trade Remedies) Regulations 20222 
Question  2 
Section 6(2) states that, in the context of making a decision to vary, maintain or revoke a tariff rate 
quota, anti -dumping amount or countervailing duty amount, the Secretary of State may "request 
that any person supply information " and may "set time limits for responses to requests made by the 
Secretary of State and vary such time limits. " 
Are there any restrictions on the time limits the Secretary of State may set?  
 
1 G/ADP/N/1/GBR/1/Suppl.13  - G/SCM/N/1/GBR/1/Suppl.12  - G/SG/N/1/GBR/1/Suppl.12.  
2 G/ADP/N/1/GBR/1/Suppl.14  - G/SCM/N/1/GBR/1/Suppl.13  - G/SG/N/1/GBR/1/Suppl.13.  G/ADP/Q1/GBR/9 • G/SCM/Q1/GBR/9 • G/SG/Q1/GBR/11  
 
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  III. Supplement Pertaining to the Trade Remedies (Miscellaneous Amendments) 
Regulations 202 23 
Question  3 
Section 9 6H(2) states that the "Secretary of State may reject the Trade Remedy Authority 's 
recommendation only if satisfied that the recommendation is not one that the TRA could reasonably 
have made. " 
What information will the Secretary of State base this assessmen t on? How is it to be determined if 
the recommendation "is not one that the TRA could have reasonably made "? 
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3 G/ADP/N/1/GBR/1/Suppl.15  - G/SCM/N/1/GBR/1/Suppl.14  - G/SG/N/1/GBR/1/Suppl.14  