WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS267/4
22 October 2002
(02-5776)
Original:  Spanish
UNITED STATES – SUBSIDIES ON UPLAND COTTON
Request to Join Consultations
Communication from Argentina
The following communication, dated 14 October 2002, from the Permanent Mission of
Argentina to the Permanent Mission of the United  States and to the Chairman of the Dispute
Settlement Body, is circulated in accordance with Article 4.11 of the DSU.
_______________
Regarding the request for consultations addressed by the Federative Republic of Brazil to the
United States of America concerning subsidies on cotton, contained in document WT/DS267/1-G/L/571-G/SCM/D49/1- G/AG/GEN/54, dated 3 Oct ober 2002, the Argentine Republic wishes to be
joined in those consultations in conformity with the procedures established in Article 4.11 of the
Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU), in view of its
substantial trade interest as a producer/exporter.
The Argentine Republic is one of the major world producers/exporters of cotton.  In 1996
Argentina was the fourth world exporter, with exports totalling US$497 million (four hundred andninety-seven million U.S. dollars), and that situation has been affected by the subsidy programmes
which have depressed the international price of cotton.
__________