Hearing, Briefs Deadline Moved to March 17 | A hearing and deadline for submi...
A hearing and deadline for submitting briefs in a constitutional challenge in Mexico’s courts on a NAFTA antidumping case has been postponed until March 17, 2009.
On Jan. 29, 2009, the Consejo Mexicano de Porcicultura A.C. (CMP), the association of Mexican pork producers that requested a NAFTA Panel review of the antidumping investigation on U.S. hams, filed an amparo challenging the NAFTA Panel’s decision that CMP did not have the right to appeal the Secretaría de Economía’s December 2005 decision to terminate the antidumping investigation of hams. An amparo is a constitutional challenge to administrative action under Mexican law.
In the complaint, CMP is asking a Mexican judge to find that the NAFTA Panel process is unconstitutional.
Since the NAFTA process was designed to be an alternative to domestic courts and its decisions are not subject to review by domestic courts, USMEF does not believe the case has any merit.
The hearing before a Mexican magistrate on March 17 will allow interested parties opportunities to give an oral presentation.
USMEF, the American Meat Institute and the National Pork Producers Council will submit briefs and attend the hearings to defend the Mexican government’s decision to terminate the investigation without imposing any antidumping duties.
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The U.S. Meat Export Federation (www.USMEF.org) is the trade association responsible for developing international markets for the U.S. red meat industry and is funded by USDA, exporting companies, and the beef, pork, corn and soybean checkoff programs.
A hearing and deadline for submitting briefs in a constitutional challenge in Mexico’s courts on a NAFTA antidumping case has been postponed until March 17, 2009.
On Jan. 29, 2009, the Consejo Mexicano de Porcicultura A.C. (CMP), the association of Mexican pork producers that requested a NAFTA Panel review of the antidumping investigation on U.S. hams, filed an amparo challenging the NAFTA Panel’s decision that CMP did not have the right to appeal the Secretaría de Economía’s December 2005 decision to terminate the antidumping investigation of hams. An amparo is a constitutional challenge to administrative action under Mexican law.
In the complaint, CMP is asking a Mexican judge to find that the NAFTA Panel process is unconstitutional.
Since the NAFTA process was designed to be an alternative to domestic courts and its decisions are not subject to review by domestic courts, USMEF does not believe the case has any merit.
The hearing before a Mexican magistrate on March 17 will allow interested parties opportunities to give an oral presentation.
USMEF, the American Meat Institute and the National Pork Producers Council will submit briefs and attend the hearings to defend the Mexican government’s decision to terminate the investigation without imposing any antidumping duties.
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The U.S. Meat Export Federation (www.USMEF.org) is the trade association responsible for developing international markets for the U.S. red meat industry and is funded by USDA, exporting companies, and the beef, pork, corn and soybean checkoff programs.