International Trade committee  No? Okay.

International Trade committee  Okay.

International Trade committee  There are two types of appeals, and I'll give you an example. One could be appeals to classification decisions by CCRA in which a product is classified under a certain tariff, item number, and the importer pays the duty on those goods. If he or she doesn't agree with the classifi

International Trade committee  Yes, but as I was saying, it is really up to the agency to determine the subsidization or dumping margin. That is not something the Tribunal does. We use the data put out by the agency. If it is decided that there is injury, on the review of other factors, the agency will defin

International Trade committee  All countries that become members of the WTO must pay a price initially. In the case of China, it agreed that WTO members would apply safeguard measures where necessary. These measures are different, stricter than normal, for a transitional period. That period ends in 2011.

International Trade committee  It is 2013. I am sorry.

International Trade committee  Yes. Let us say that the level of proof is much lower than in the case of a normal safeguard measure.

International Trade committee  Deciding what is significant and what is not is often a concern to tribunal members. When we see the injury that could be caused by imports from China in this context, we accept that this injury is much less significant in order to apply the measure. On the other hand, in the c

International Trade committee  We don't give advice at large. If we're asked a question, we give advice. The question really is what frames the scope of our mandate.

International Trade committee  You have to realize that dumping and subsidy cases are private actions. Individual companies or industries come before us with a complaint. We deal with the complaint on the basis of the facts that are placed before us. We can't do more than that.

International Trade committee  We've had three major requests from the Minister of Finance, plus a standing request. On the standing request, which is usually by individual firms for an individual type of product or fibre or yarn or textile, I would say the vast majority of those have been implemented. In th

International Trade committee  “Repeat offenders” is, I guess, your characterization.

International Trade committee  I wouldn't, sir.

International Trade committee  No, we don't have an opinion on that.

International Trade committee  I believe we're sufficiently well resourced, sir.