Simon Lester
Panel Established in U.S. - China WTO Dispute on TRQs on Agricultural Products, But Next Steps Are Unclear
At the August 30 DSB meeting, a WTO panel was established
[https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news21_e/dsb_30aug21_e.htm] to hear China's
request that it be found in compliance in a dispute brought by the United States
against the administration of tariff-rate
U.S. Appeals Court Dismisses Antitrust Claim Against Chinese Vitamin C Exporters
In a recent ruling in a long-running litigation saga, on August 10 the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit dismissed an antitrust lawsuit against
Chinese exporters of Vitamin C, citing “international comity” as the basis for
its ruling. The case already went to the Supreme Court
European Commission Documents Its Trade Defence Measures, With Details on Anti-Subsidy Measures Against China's "Transnational" Subsidies
The European Commission released
[https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=2294] its "39th Annual
Report [https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2021/august/tradoc_159782.PDF]
from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the EU’s
Anti-Dumping, Anti-Subsidy
Australian Parliamentary Committee Discusses China Joining the CPTPP
On August 26, the Trade Subcommittee of the Australian Parliament's Joint
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade met with industry
representatives to discuss "Expanding membership of the Comprehensive and
Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
[https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?
China Notifies WTO of Subsidies for 2019-2020
The WTO has just posted a July 13 communication
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/G/SCM/N372CHN.pdf&Open=True]
from China entitled "New and Full Notification Pursuant To Article XVI:1 of the
GATT 1994 and Article 25 of the Agreement
U.S. Solar Industry Files Anti-Circumvention Petition Related to AD/CVD Orders on Photovoltaic Cells from China
On August 16, a group of solar manufacturers called the American Solar
Manufacturers Against Chinese Circumvention (A-SMACC) filed anti-circumvention
petitions related to AD/CVD orders that had been imposed in December 2012 on
photovoltaic cells from China. The petitions relate to imports from Malaysia,
Thailand, and Viet Nam,
China Expresses Positive Views about JSIs at WTO General Council Meeting
At the WTO General Council meeting of May 5-6, 2021, a paper on Joint Statement
Initiatives
[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/WT/GC/W819R1.pdf&Open=True]
(JSIs) that criticizes a plurilateral approach to negotiations was on the
agenda. The paper was