Minor Treaty Action - Korea WTO Rice Quotas

The following treaty action was referred to the Committee as a minor treaty action. The Committee held a public hearing to review the treaty action on 2 December 2019.

 

  • Agreement between the Governments of Australia, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, The Kingdom of Thailand, the United States of America, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, pursuant to Article XIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, on the establishment of country-specific quotas in the Republic of Korea’s World Trade Organization Tariff-Rate Quota for Rice.
         

Treaty text - (PDF 151KB)
Related documents:

Correspondence from the Minister for Trade: (PDF 521KB)

Explanatory Statement: (PDF 20KB)

Transcript from Public Hearing 2 December 2019: (PDF 146KB)


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