WTO members review, and note increasing resort to, safeguard actions

At its regular meeting on 26 October, the WTO Committee on Safeguards reviewed safeguard actions covering 39 products, 11 of which were steel/metal products. Several members expressed their views on the actions of the European Union and the United Kingdom concerning certain steel products. The UK, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Türkiye commented on reports that the EU may be considering initiating an investigation into imports of certain hybrid vehicles. Brazil proposed improvements to notifications concerning the non-application of safeguard measures to developing members.



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