Carbon Taxes/Tariffs
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WTO Committee on Market Access Meeting Discusses Guatemala Trade Restrictions, EU CBAM, and Japanese Aquatic Products
At the Committee on Market Access meeting of 15-16 October, several previous trade concerns involving China and Hong Kong/Macao were on the agenda: Restrictions on coffee and macadamia nuts from Guatemala, the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Measure, and the bans on aquatic products from Japan imposed by
Beijing Hits Out at EU over "Double Standard" for CBAM, Auto Policies
China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) issued a sharp rebuke of the European Union, accusing Brussels of using climate policy as a "guise" for trade protectionism. The statement comes as the EU moves to expand its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) while simultaneously revising internal environmental targets for
WTO Committee Meeting Addresses Chinese Concerns on CBAM, Solar Panels, EV Tariff Issues
At the WTO Committee on Market Access meeting held on April 26-27, 2023, China raised issues related to the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), Indian restrictions on solar panels, and Türkiye's (formerly known as Turkey) discriminatory tariffs on electric vehicles.
China Continues Call for WTO Discussions of Carbon Border Adjustments
China has submitted a communication to the WTO on "policy issues for dedicated multilateral discussions on border carbon adjustment," in which it raises a wide range of questions about these measures that it believes should be discussed by WTO Members, putting out a challenge to WTO Members such
WTO Meeting Addresses Semiconductor Export Restrictions and Other China Trade Issues
At a WTO meeting that was held on Thursday and Friday, governments raised concerns with Chinese export restrictions on semiconductor input materials, and China raised issues of its own with U.S./Japanese/Dutch semiconductor export restrictions and the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Measure (CBAM).
China Comments on EU Trade Policies, Praising EU Leadership, Raising Concerns about CBAM
WTO trade policy reviews allow WTO Members to comment on and ask questions about the trade policies and practices of other Members. The fifteenth WTO review of the European Union is taking place on June 5 and 7. According to a Geneva trade official, China offered the following comments at
China Raises U.S. EV/Semiconductor Subsidies at WTO Meeting
At the November 2022 meeting of the WTO's Council for Trade in Goods, for which the minutes were recently circulated, several issues related to trade with China were raised for the first time (including U.S. subsidies on clean energy and semiconductors), and various other previously raised issues