RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/DS6/4
14June 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-1582)
Original: English
UNITED STATES -IMPOSITION OFIMPORT DUTIES ON
AUTOMOBILES FROM JAPAN
UNDER SECTIONS 301AND 304OFTHE TRADE ACT OF1974
Acceptance oftheRequest toJoin Consultations
Communication bytheUnited States
Thefollowing communication dated 12June 1995 from theOffice oftheUnited States Trade
Representative inGeneva totheDispute Settlement Body iscirculated according toArticle 4.11 ofthe
DSU.
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TheOffice oftheUnited States Trade Representative received aletter dated June 1,1995, from
theAustralian Permanent Mission inwhich theAustralian Government expressed itsdesire tobejoined
inconsultations requested bytheJapanese Government (WT/DS6/1). Based ontheAustralian
Government 'sstatement that, "[i]n theimmediate andlonger term, Australia hasasubstantial trade
interest inrelation tothose auto parts ofAustralian origin which aresold toJapanese auto makers,"
theU.S. Government agrees thattheAustralian Government 'sclaim ofsubstantial trade interest iswell-
founded, andhassoinformed theAustralian Permanent Mission.