Non-Market Economy

Last week, a U.S. trade agency issued a decision that paves the way for  anti-dumping and countervailing duties to be imposed on snow throwers from China.

As part of the consideration by the WTO's Committee on Regional Trade Agreements of the United States - Mexico - Canada Agreement (USMCA), China asked the USMCA parties about a specific provision of the agreement's investment chapter that could place limits on investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) claims where Chinese companies

As part of the consideration by the WTO's Committee on Regional Trade Agreements of the United States - Mexico - Canada Agreement (USMCA), China asked the USMCA parties about the functioning of the Non-Market Country FTA provision in Article 32.10. Article 32.10 imposes a number of requirements in

On October 6, the OECD Ministers issued the 2021 Ministerial Council statement at the Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM). This years’ MCM had a theme of “Shared Values: Building a Green and Inclusive Future”. Not surprisingly, the statement emphasized “shared values” which would shape the way new challenges are addressed. It

At the conclusion of the first meeting of their new "Trade and Technology Council" (TTC) today, the U.S. and the EU issued a joint statement that covers a number of issues, including one described as "Trade Policy Cooperation towards Non-Market Economies (NMEs)." This piece summarizes the main points on

Three U.S. Senators -- Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) -- have called on the Biden administration to tighten up rules of origin related to U.S. trade agreements. In a recent letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, the Senators called

During the Trump administration, the U.S. government raised the issue of the role of the state in the Chinese economy and the implications for how China fits within the world trading system. The administration also started a broader discussion of market orientation as a principle at the WTO. This