China's Ministry of Commerce announced last Friday that it was starting a review of the anti-dumping and countervailing duties current being imposed on Australian barley. This will kick off a domestic process that could potentially resolve a dispute between Australia and China, helping to ease the tensions in their bilateral

The Chinese government has agreed to an expedited review of the anti-dumping/countervailing duties it has been imposing on Australian barley, leading to a suspension of the WTO dispute on these duties.

Following up on earlier posts about Australia's complaint [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/australias-wto-complaint-against-chinas-ad-cvd-determinations-on-barley/] and the panel composition [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/china-barley-ad-cvd-wto-panel-composed/] in the China - Barley WTO dispute (DS598), Australia has now posted its first written submission [https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/ds598-australias-first-submission.pdf] in the

Yesterday, the WTO announced [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/WT/DS/598-6.pdf&Open=True] that on September 3, the WTO Director-General had composed the panel in the WTO complaint brought by Australia [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/australias-wto-complaint-against-chinas-ad-cvd-determinations-on-barley/] against China's AD/CVD measures on

In a WTO complaint [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/australias-wto-complaint-against-chinas-ad-cvd-determinations-on-barley/] by Australia against Chinese AD/CVD measures imposed on Australian barley (DS598), China and Australia have agreed to procedures [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/WT/DS/598-5.pdf&Open=True] for using an alternative mechanism

A panel was established to hear the WTO dispute on Chinese AD/CVD determinations on Australian barley.