Appellate Body Issues Report On Steel Dispute
The Appellate Body, on 10 November 2003, issued its report on the complaints brought to the WTO by Brazil, China, the
European Communities, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland against United States — Definitive Safeguard
Measures on Imports of Certain Steel Products.
It upheld most of the Panel's conclusions that the US measures were inconsistent with the WTO Safeguards Agreement and
the GATT 1994 but reversed some findings regarding tin mill products and stainless steel wire which did not affect the
overall result.