At the March 20-22, 2024 WTO SPS Committee meeting, the U.S. made two statements relating to issues it had previously raised on Chinese measures, on the listing of foreign establishments able to export to China and on import restrictions based on avian flu, and later submitted those statements as

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * China-Netherlands meetings  * Officials meeting with global CEOs * New rules on cross-border data flows * Termination of trade remedies on Australian wine * New negative lists for services trade In the U.S.: * Revisions to U.S. anti-dumping and countervailing duty regulations * New

Last month, the European Commission announced the first ever in-depth investigation under its new Foreign Subsidies Regulation, targeting CRRC Qingdao Sifang Locomotive Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of CRRC Corporation, a Chinese state-owned train manufacturer. In reaction to that investigation, CRRC withdrew its bid for a Bulgarian procurement contract.

The WTO has now circulated China's request for consultations related to the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) tax credits.

As has been anticipated for a few months, China is removing anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Australian wine. In response, Australia is discontinuing a WTO complaint it had brought against these duties.

In a report circulated today, a WTO panel found that certain aspects of Australian anti-dumping duties on Chinese wind towers, stainless steel sinks, and railway wheels violated the WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement and the GATT.

Republican members of the House and Senate have each introduced a bill that would prohibit employees of the U.S. Department of Defense from using the Chinese-owned website Tutor.com.