Decisions of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization Canada – Measures Relating to Exports of Wheat and Treatment of Imported Grain Download the Complete Survey (RTF Format) Download the Complete Survey (PDF Format) * Canada – Measures Relating to Exports of Wheat and Treatment of Imported Grain, WT/DS276/AB/R, adopted September 27, 2004 . United Status, Appellant/Appellee; Canada, Appellant/Appellee; European Communities, India and Japan, Third Participants. Division: Lockhart, Abi-Saab, Taniguchi. Major Topic Addressed by the Appellate Body: Article XVII of GATT. 1. Abstract This decision examined the scope of the obligations under Article XVII of GATT 1994, relating to state trading entities (“STEs”). It addressed the question of whether the GATT disciplines on STEs require STEs to act in a completely commercial manner, or whether the requirements in Article XVII(1)(b) are more limited. The Appellate Body found that the obligations contained in Article XVII(1)(b) are dependent on those in Article XVII(1)(a), and therefore the obligation to make purchases or sales solely in accordance with commercial considerations is intended to prevent discrimination. * The free viewer (Acrobat Reader) for PDF file is available at the Adobe Systems
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