ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the issues that have been raised with regard to present weaknesses found in the application of the 1979 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Subsidies Code negotiated during the Tokyo Round. It examines issues raised by Canadian companies concerning their experiences with the application of the 1979 GATT Subsdies Code negotiated during the Tokyo Round. The chapter explains issues raised by Canadian companies concerning their experiences with the application by the United States of the 1979 GATT Subsidies Code procedures against Canadian products entering that nation. It also examines those issues which primarily fall under Track II of the 1994 GATT Subsidies Code. The chapter provides key issues relating to Track I procedures, which permit the initiation and subsequent investigation and implementation of penalties by domestic authorities utilising GATT provisions legislated under the Members’ domestic laws.
