WTO members reviewed safeguard actions taken by fellow members at the biannual meeting of the Committee on Safeguards, held on 1 May.
The meeting, chaired by Maryam A. Aldoseri (Kingdom of Bahrain), also discussed the way forward in improving the functioning of the committee.
Notifications of various safeguard (SG) actions received since the committee's October 2022 meeting covering 24 products were reviewed at the meeting.
Japan, Australia and China reiterated their general concern regarding issues such as misuse of the safeguard instrument, insufficient information provided, and the numerous extensions to existing safeguard measures.
The committee reviewed notifications of new or amended SG legislation or regulations from El Salvador, the United States and Liberia. It also continued its review of the legislative notifications of the United Kingdom, Cameroon, Ghana and Zimbabwe.
