Canada – Certain Measures Affecting the Automotive Industry

E353364
WTO case WTO dispute international trade dispute

Canada – Certain Measures Affecting the Automotive Industry is a landmark WTO dispute settlement case concerning Canada’s preferential treatment and duty exemptions for certain automotive manufacturers, which was found to violate international trade rules.

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Label Occurrences
Canada – Certain Measures Affecting the Automotive Industry canonical 2
Canada – Autos 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf WTO case ⓘ
WTO dispute ⓘ
international trade dispute ⓘ
abbreviation TRIMs accord ⓘ
surface form: TRIMs Agreement
adjudicatingBody WTO Appellate Body ⓘ
WTO panels ⓘ
surface form: WTO Panel
complainant European Economic Community ⓘ
surface form: European Communities

Japan ⓘ
disputeSettlementSystem World Trade Organization ⓘ
finding inconsistency with GATS obligations ⓘ
inconsistency with GATT 1994 national treatment obligations ⓘ
inconsistency with TRIMs Agreement ⓘ
fullName Canada – Certain Measures Affecting the Automotive Industry self-link ⓘ
geographicalScope Canada ⓘ
importance clarified WTO rules on duty exemptions linked to performance requirements ⓘ
landmark case on TRIMs and local content requirements ⓘ
issueType subsidy-like preferential treatment ⓘ
trade-related investment measures ⓘ
legalInstrumentInvoked Agreement on Trade‑Related Investment Measures ⓘ
surface form: Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures

General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
surface form: GATS

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
surface form: GATT 1994
measureChallenged conditions related to local content and export performance ⓘ
duty-free treatment for certain motor vehicles ⓘ
preferential treatment for certain automotive manufacturers ⓘ
outcome Canada requested to bring measures into conformity with WTO obligations ⓘ
policyArea international trade law ⓘ
trade in goods ⓘ
trade in services ⓘ
relatedCase India – Measures Affecting the Automotive Sector ⓘ
Indonesia – Certain Measures Affecting the Automobile Industry ⓘ
relatedConcept export performance requirement ⓘ
local content requirement ⓘ
most-favoured-nation treatment ⓘ
national treatment principle ⓘ
performance requirements ⓘ
respondent Canada ⓘ
sector automotive sector ⓘ
shortName Canada – Certain Measures Affecting the Automotive Industry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Canada – Autos
subjectMatter automotive industry ⓘ
local content requirements ⓘ
national treatment ⓘ
tariff exemptions ⓘ
WTOdisputeNumber DS139 ⓘ
DS142 ⓘ

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WTO Appellate Body → notableCase → Canada – Certain Measures Affecting the Automotive Industry ⓘ
Canada – Certain Measures Affecting the Automotive Industry → fullName → Canada – Certain Measures Affecting the Automotive Industry self-link ⓘ
Canada – Certain Measures Affecting the Automotive Industry → shortName → Canada – Certain Measures Affecting the Automotive Industry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canada – Autos