WTO | 2026 News items - United Kingdom launches safeguard investigation on polyethylene terephthalate home wto news 2026 news news item safeguard measures United Kingdom launches safeguard investigation on polyethylene terephthalate On 5 Au
home wto news 2026 news news item safeguard measures United Kingdom launches safeguard investigation on polyethylene terephthalate On 5 August 2026, the United Kingdom notified the WTO's Committee on Safeguards that it had initiated, on the same day, a safeguard investigation on imports of certain polyethylene terephthalate (PET). More Safeguard measures United Kingdom In the notification, the United Kingdom indicated, among other things, as follows: " 4. Provide a point of contact for the investigation and identify the preferred means for corresponding The TRA is responsible for conducting the investigation. Please direct correspondence to [email protected] . 5. Provide the deadlines and procedures for importers, exporters and other interested parties to present evidence and their views, including (i) deadlines and procedures for Members and exporters to identify themselves as interested parties, if so required, to participate in the proceeding, and (ii) the date of an intended public hearing as provided for in Article 3.1 Anyone interested in taking part in the review can register their interest and provide comments through the Trade Remedies Service by 23:59 UK time on 19 August 2026. Interested parties can request a hearing using the Trade Remedies Service . The UK encourages Members to make the details of this investigation including deadlines for participation, known to their exporters that may have an interest . " The notification is available in G/SG/N/6/GBR/2 . What is a safeguard investigation? A safeguard investigation seeks to determine whether increased imports of a product are causing, or are threatening to cause, serious injury to a domestic industry. During a safeguard investigation, importers, exporters and other interested parties may present evidence and views and respond to the presentations of other parties. A WTO member may take a safeguard action (i.e. restrict imports of a product temporarily) only if the increased imports of the product are found to be causing, or threatening to cause, serious injury. Share RSS news feeds Problems viewing this page? If so, please contact [email protected] giving details of the operating system and web browser you are using.
