Today, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced preliminary anti-dumping duties on canola seed imports from Canada, accusing the Canadian government of subsidizing its agricultural sector and distorting the market.

Today, China's Ministry of Commerce initiated an anti-dumping investigation on Canadian canola seeds, as part of its retaliation against Canada's tariffs on a number of Chinese goods.

Not surprisingly, China is pushing back hard against Canada's recently announced tariffs on Chinese EVs, steel, and aluminum, with actions at both the multilateral and unilateral level.

In response to the removal of Chinese restrictions on its canola seed exports, Canada has requested the suspension of its WTO complaint on this matter and the WTO panel has agreed to this request.

The Canadian government announced yesterday that "Canada has been advised that China has reinstated access to its market for two Canadian companies that China Customs had suspended from exporting canola seed to China since March 2019." The Chinese restrictions had been the subject of a Canadian request for

As we reported here [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/canada-moves-forward-with-wto-dispute-against-chinese-restrictions-on-canola-seeds/] , on July 26 the WTO established a panel to hear a dispute over Chinese measures restricting imports of canola seeds from Canada (DS589). Today, the WTO announced [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/WT/DS/589-6.

In a WTO complaint [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/canada-moves-forward-with-wto-dispute-against-chinese-restrictions-on-canola-seeds/] by Canada against Chinese restrictions on the importation of canola seed (DS589), China and Canada have agreed to procedures [https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/WT/DS/589-5.pdf&Open=True] for using an alternative