ClearScreen Inc. of Compucity, Richland, is the world’s largest producer and exporter of flat panel displays. In recent years, however, ClearScreen has encountered ever more competition from flat panel displays from Newland. To protect ClearScreen and other Richland flat panel display producers from import competition, the Government of Richland decided last month to limit the importation of flat panel displays to 1 million units per year. The Association of Newland Consumer Electronics Manufacturers (ANCEM) is very concerned about Richland’s import quota on flat panel displays and has been able to convince the Government of Newland to challenge the WTO-consistency of this measure.
You are a private trade law and policy consultant from Georgetown Guns for Hire LLC and have been asked by the Government of Newland to advise on the procedural and systemic issues arising in the course of the dispute settlement proceeding in Geneva. In the course of the proceedings, the following situations arise on which your advice is requested.
The Newland Collective of Workers and the National Association of Electronics Producers of Richland have expressed a wish to receive all the briefs submitted by the parties to the panel and to attend the panel meetings. Is this possible?
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