41.   Japan plans to bring the matter to the WTO dispute settlement panel if the issue is not resolved bilaterally.

42.   Lang said other complaints about the Helms-Burton Act or the Iran-Libya Trade Sanctions Act were already subject of a WTO dispute settlement panel.

43.   Mexican officials in recent weeks have said that they could take their complaints to the World Trade Organization or a dispute panel.

44.   The case has been taken to dispute panels under both NAFTA and the Geneva-based World Trade Organization.

45.   The decision upholds a preliminary ruling made in July by a five-member dispute resolution panel.

46.   The dispute panel included two Canadians, two Americans and a British legal expert as chairman.

47.   The EU is expected to request the formation of WTO dispute panel in late November after the U.S. presidential elections.

48.   The European Union broke international trade rules by raising import charges on computer network equipment, a world trade dispute settlement panel said.

49.   The dispute panel was set up last December.

50.   The EU foreign ministers announced the joint acceptance of a disputes review panel after meeting with Tansu Ciller, their Turkish counterpart.