UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000
Document: Status Report by the United States Addendum
Date: 18 November 2005
Document codes: WT/DS217/16/Add.22; WT/DS234/24/Add.22
Complainant: Canada, Mexico
Respondent: U.S.
Third parties: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, EU, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Norway, Thailand
Dispute stage: Implementation & Compliance
Agreements cited: Art. 5.4  Anti-dumpingArt. 5  Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM)Art. VI  GATT 1994Art. 8, 18  Anti-dumpingArt. 11.4, 18, 32  Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM)Art. XVI  Agreement Establishing the World Trade OrganizationArt. 10  Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM)Art. X  GATT 1994Art. 1  Anti-dumping

UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND
SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000

Status Report by the United States

Addendum

 The following communication, dated 17 November 2005, from the delegation of the
United States to the Chairman of the Dispute Settleme nt Body, is circulated pursuant to Article 21.6
of the DSU.

Status Report Regarding Implementation of the DSB Recommendations and Rulings

in the Disputes
(WT/DS217 and WT/DS234)

 The United States submits this report in accordance with Article 21.6 of the Understanding on
Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes.

 On 27 January 2003, the Dispute Settlement Body ("DSB") adopted its recommendations and
rulings in (WT/DS217 and
WT/DS234). At the same DSB meeting, the United States informed the DSB of its intention to
implement the recommendations and rulings of the DSB in connection with this matter.

 In the previous US Congress, on 19 June 2003, legislation that would bring the Continued
Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 ("CDSOA") into conformity with US obligations under the
Anti-Dumping Agreement, the Subsidies Agreemen t and the GATT 1994 was introduced in the US
Senate (S. 1299). On 10 March 2004, legislation th at would repeal the CDSOA was introduced in the
US House of Representatives (H.R. 3933).

 On 7 February 2005, the US Administration proposed repeal of the CDSOA in its budget
proposal for fiscal year 2006. On 3 March 2005, legislation that would repeal the CDSOA was
introduced in the US House of Representatives (H.R. 1121). That bill has been referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means.

 On 9 September 2005, an amendment (No. 1680) to appropriations legislation (H.R. 2862, the
"Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006") was filed in the
US Senate. The amendment would prohibit the di stribution of CDSOA funds unless distribution of
such funds would not be inconsistent with US WTO obligations.

 On 26 October 2005, the House Committe e on Ways and Means approved a budget
reconciliation package (H.R. 4241) that includes repeal of the CDSOA. The House Budget
Committee approved the package on 3 November 2005. The bill now awaits consideration by the full
House.

 The US Administration will work with the Congress to enact legislation, and will continue to
confer with the complaining parties in these dis putes, in order to reach a mutually satisfactory
resolution of this matter.