In 2002, Canada had filed with the WTO, claiming that the 2001 investigation of Canadian lumber by the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) had violated GATT 1994, the Antidumping Agreement (AD Agreement), and the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM Agreement). The USITC investigation had resulted in anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Canadian lumber in the U.S. See 2004 International Law Update 59.
A WTO dispute settlement panel found the USITC's determinations inconsistent with the AD and SCM Agreements. A likely, imminent substantia